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In the real world, so called "planned obsolescence" is far less common then is popularly perceived. The number one driving factor behind stuff breaking down more often is consumer demand for cheaper, lighter, sleeker stuff (number 2 is government regulation demanding stuff meet certain...

Phone repair companies, third pary parts manufacturers, and Kytch are also corporations. Yeah, that's how franchising works. If you want totally control over who you hire and what you buy and how you run it and how you fix it, then open your own fast food restaurant instead of a franchise...

You're citing two companies, out of hundreds of thousands, this doesn't really sound like a pervasive issue here, and Deere as an example is iffy. They've consistently said that they have no problem with repair and even provide the tools and manuals to do so, what they've argued is that they...

I've eaten at Mcdonalds a fair bit, sometimes stopping by just for ice cream, across a half dozen states. I have never had thier machines break nor heard about them being notoriously breakable until this last year or so, and only as a social media meme (IE, the least reliable form of information...

The problem with there being a right to repair is that the logic gets really, really dubious the second you step away from the narrow market of consumer electronics, as does the "it's mine, so I can do what I want with it and those desires must be facilitated by the manufacturer" argument. For...