Enthusiast hopes local models will help users break vendor repair restrictions
cephaloform · x · 2026-10-14
An X user argues that John Deere, Apple and others treat customers' right to repair in an 'evil' way, and looks forward to local models becoming capable enough to hack around artificial restrictions so people can finally repair and tinker with devices they literally own.
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