U.S. lawmakers introduce 'Right to Repair' bills to spur competition

Without right to repair we throw away the first two &quot;R&quot;s in reduce, reuse, and recycle.<p>Unfortunately right to repair allows competitors including patent ignorers to duplicate, deceive, and dilute. Look at wireless earbuds in a rechargable jellybean case, anyone remember the first company to build them? You can find a hundred knockoffs.<p>Right to repair is great for consumers and businesses will need to be more ruthless and secret to survive.

The article put the scare quotes in the wrong place. Because the whole point of my right to repair what I own is to &quot;spur competition.&quot;