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Trained repair professionals at hospitals are regularly unable to fix medical devices because of manufacturer lockout codes or the inability to obtain repair parts. During the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, broken ventilators sat unrepaired for weeks or months as manufacturers were overwhelmed with repair requests and independent repair professionals were locked out of them. At the time, I reported that independent repair techs had resorted to creating DIY dongles loaded with jailbroken Ukrainian firmware to fix ventilators without manufacturer permission. Medical device manufacturers also threatened iFixit because it posted ventilator repair manuals on its website. I have also written about people with sleep apnea who have hacked their CPAP machines to improve their basic functionality and to repair them.

PS: he got it repaired.

    • @Dead_or_Alive
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      -12 months ago

      Uhhh we are addressing right to repair not corporate influence on the state.

      Pick the right tools for the job not everything needs a hammer.

        • @Dead_or_Alive
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          02 months ago

          Who said its the root of the problem?

            • @Dead_or_Alive
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              12 months ago

              Careful, you might cut yourself with that edge.

                • @Dead_or_Alive
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                  12 months ago

                  I’m disappointed, you were doing so well.

                  Ohh well I’m going to go back to sitting in my house, enjoying my AC, while playing on my phone and eating a tasty breakfast burrito all of which were made by evil corporations.

                  If that pisses you off maybe you could move to somewhere that fits with your philosophy. Venezuela and Cuba would probably be a good fit for you. 👍

                  • @[email protected]
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                    12 months ago

                    Good, you deserve all those amenities. Guess I’m a bad person for saying everyone deserves them ¯\(ツ)