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#RightToRepair will become an absolute necessity in the near future. Having all the supply chain completely fucked up and prices all over increasing like never before, people will need to learn how to do stuff themselves instead of pulling a credit card.

@riveck Repair is not always sustainable. Some repairs require new resources and extraction

alcinnz

@dualhammers @riveck In which cases it's *usually* still a win to manufacture just the broken component rather than re-manufacturer the whole device... Assuming ofcourse those are the two options, which yes is a dangerous assumption.

@alcinnz @riveck True, but it's inaccurate to say "Repair is sustainable" in a blanket sense