My point is that I should be able and allowed to repair anything for any reason.
You should not be allowed to make it impossible for me to repair (like refusing to provide parts or schematics). Also, they sue you if you RE it or find some "leaked" schematics to repair it yourself. They pay-wall the software too.
This should all be illegal.
I fully agree...but I also understand that there are some things that aren't going to be worth repairing because they are obsolete by industry standards, or parts may not exist anymore.
I can give you the schematics, but if Magic Eyes quit making that CPU because they went out of business, the point is moot.
That is still true but they should still give you the info. Hell, if a company is out of business like that maybe the designs should be made open (if they have been out of business for a defined time that I can't define) so that if some other company want's to spin a fab they can if they are willing to pay for it. I don't see a downside for that.
If we can get all of the niggers out of our way we could have at-home chipfab that would be good enough for a lot of the "older" stuff that you could just DIY.
There's a lot to overcome beyond just this one battle he's fighting. It's ingrained in the whole industry and is going to take some nukes to loosen things up. Unfortunately, companies like crisco and juan deere have lots of money and what they're throwing at lawmakers is pocket change compared to the fleecing they give their customers.