The fight against costly planned obsolescence deals Big Tech another blow

Big tech doesn’t want you to fix your property. It would seem to prefer a slow creep into expansive, endless control through an ongoing, multi-pronged program of planned obsolescence. And in many places, the law is on its side. But now, a movement aimed at building bulwarks against this slide into servitude has recently gained valuable ground and momentum in the tech-heavy Pacific Northwest. This overarching problem of centralized power creeping deeper into absolute ownership and control — we are merely renters, actually slaves to the production of yet more...