Comment by londons_explore
Comment by londons_explore 3 days ago
If the right to repair movement succeeds fully, OP would have had access to the complete source code and hardware schematics of this device, and the fix for his flashing lights probably would have been a 5 line shell script that someone else had already put on github.
> would have had access to the complete source code and hardware schematics
Forcing every company to open source their products is a pipe dream. This is never going to happen.
Even if one country passed such a law, manufacturers would move their production to a different country. The products would then be imported and redistributed as foreign products, circumventing the law.