From McFlurries to Ventilators.... the CONSEQUENCES of the REPAIR ECONOMY!

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The Repair Economy and the Right to Repair is a little known issue with big consequences!

McBroken - (https://mcbroken.com/)

Johnny Harris - The REAL Reason McDonalds Ice Cream Machines Are Always Broken (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrDEtSlqJC4)

Wired - They Hacked McDonald’s Ice Cream Machines—and Started a Cold War (https://www.wired.com/story/they-hacked-mcdonalds-ice-cream-makers-started-cold-war/)

Wikipedia - The Right to Repair
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_repair#Planned_obsolescence_and_restricting_and_complicating_independent_repairs_(1920-1950) )

Wired - The Shady World of Repair Manuals: Copyrighting for Planned Obsolescence (https://www.wired.com/2012/11/cease-and-desist-manuals-planned-obsolescence/)

Vox - Apple effectively has a monopoly on fixing your iPhone. There’s now a fight to change that. (https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/7/3/18761691/right-to-repair-computers-phones-car-mechanics-apple )

The American Prospect - Coronavirus Reveals Consequences of Restricted Repair (https://prospect.org/coronavirus/covid-consequences-restricted-repair-ventilators/)

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