The White House praises the tech giant’s support for federal pro-repair legislation—but Apple’s vertical dominance puts into question what a national right-to-repair law would actually look like.
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Federal Highway Safety Regulator Torpedoes Massachusetts Right-to-Repair Legislation
The federal regulator cites concerns over hacking, but that argument is an industry pretext.
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John Deere Says Farmers Can Fix Their Own Tractors—Sometimes
It cuts a deal with a farmers’ group to forestall legislation requiring it to stop compelling farmers to come to Deere for all their repairs.
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Rollups: The Big Tech Monopoly Down on the Farm
John Deere refuses to allow farmers to repair their own equipment. That’s because it wants to control farm technology and data, critics contend.
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Biden’s Back on the Day One Agenda
Executive actions on right to repair and noncompete agreements show the power of implementing existing laws that can help people.
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Unleash the Existing Anti-Monopoly Arsenal
Corporate power can be neutralized if federal agencies simply used the prodigious authority they’ve been granted.
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Coronavirus Reveals Consequences of Restricted Repair
Ventilators and other medical equipment sit idle when needed the most, because manufacturers have monopolized repair services as a profit center.
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Unleash the Existing Anti-Monopoly Arsenal
Corporate power can be neutralized if federal agencies simply used the prodigious authority they’ve been granted.
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When Big Business Won’t Let the Troops Repair Their Equipment
Defense contractors are denying the military the right to repair its equipment. Unless the FTC rules otherwise, the contractors do it themselves—for a fee.