Posted on 06/17/2021 5:45:50 AM PDT by Kaslin
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” seeking access to diagnostic software “
kind of like the universal OBD system for automobiles.
Plug in a $10 scanner and up pops some codes for further investigation. Or spend a few bucks and get a Diagnostic machine with upgradeability.
OWNERS that have PURCHASED hundreds of thousands worth of equipment might want to take a peak before they commit to further efforts.
Either there’s an overzealous newbie or the esteemed proprietor meant business about the S word, or both!
Why? It's perfect for my needs, and doing the upgrade would contribute to the growing mound of electronic waste. Not to mention the added cost.
As for John Deere, my grandparents were farmers. They would fix their own equipment, because when the crops are ready to harvest you can't wait just because something broke. Yet we have farm equipment manufacturers who don't understand their customers' needs.
If you were to say that John Deere had a fleet of service technicians that would go on-site to fix their product, I would agree that it reduces the need for right-to-repair. They don't.
Tesla does the same thing to their cars. You can get a horsepower upgrade over the internet with a $10K software upgrade.
Some years back, I bought a VGA monitor and video card. The sales guy asked me if I wanted it with or without a TV tuner. I got it without. About 6 years later, I needed a new driver for it and downloaded the driver from one of the many driver sites. Low and behold, when it booted up, I had a TV tuner.
It's a tough decision but there are protection laws to prevent someone who wants to purchase product A from also having to purchase product B in order to use product A.
I am 100% ignorant on this. That said, why is it that I have to buy product B (a game cartridge) to use product A (a Nintendo Switch)? Perfectly legal, right?
Through the legislative process the public gets to decide what IP right are and how they should be protected.
It would not surprise me.
Talking about medical device suppliers, the one my health insurance company uses for CPAP has so much business funneled its way that they are completely useless. It took months to get the machine and after that I just don’t go over there. Haven’t been there in 5 years. I can order the tubes and face masks and nose pillows on eBay. The only thing I can’t do is change the pressure settings. Fortunately I don’t need to do that. But the fact that CPAP is only available by prescription really works in their favor. I had to deal with them up to a point but after that I figured out I was better off on my own.
Close analogy but imagine having to buy a Nintendo TV to play your Nintendo game.
“In these statehouses, lawmakers considered bills that would undermine innovator intellectual property rights by forcing manufacturers of sophisticated medical devices – from infusion pumps to PET systems - to make freely available propriety service manuals, schematics, training materials and to their third-party servicing business competitors. Government forcing a business to hand over intellectual property to competitors strikes at the heart of our free market system.”
This is common in federal anti trust suits.
In fact, in the Bell System breakup, direct competitors were given access to the Bell infrastructure, which Bell had to sell at cost to them. They had to provide all technical standards so that myriad 3rd parties could interconnect to, or provide maintenance for their equipment.
This also happens in most regulated monopolies like energy distribution. PG&E must provide access to their distribution system, and pay full retail for excess power generated by any household or business.
And it sucks across the board.
In the intervening years, the LX150 has been sold, but the BV500 remains. It is due for basic service/adjustment. The problem is the Piaggio dealer went out of business. The only trained/certified mechanic in eastern Idaho now works at a motorsports business (Suzuki/Honda/KTM/CanAm). He is prohibited by his employer from doing any service work on Piaggio bikes. I'm going to have to order a repair manual and determine if replacement parts are even available before pursuing an service work.
Back to the LX150...I put it on consignment at a local motorcycle dealer. He left the "master" key dangling in the ignition. It was stolen by a child visiting the shop. I had to order a replacement master key, new lock cores for the seat and ignition and a new ignition module to pair with the new master key. Parts alone were $300. The labor was my problem. An "E" string from the local music shop allowed me to pop the seat. Swapping the lock core was just pulling a "C" clip, pushing out the old core and pushing in a new one. The ignition was a totally different problem. It uses a double sided wafer lock. I removed it and engaged a local locksmith to "pick it" to remove the core. 4 hours later, they gave up. The kept asking for the key...no $#|+...I wouldn't be here if I had the damn key. I returned to the bike shop with the ignition switch still occupied with the old core. Finally, I tracked down two large paper clips. It took me 20 minutes to pick the wafers and rotate the core to capture the pin box. The parts kit included the "follower" to push out the core and keep the pin box depressed. Minutes later, the new core was in place. I mounted the ignition switch, swapped out the ignition module, paired the key with the module. Voila! Done. The LX150 was sold the next day. Reality is hard.
“reality is hard”
The good news: you got the LX150 fixed and sold.
Maybe you can get a non-Piaggio outfit to do the routine service/adjustment, or do it yourself?? Maybe there are youtube videos that would be helpful.
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Right-to-Repair is the America First position. Trusting large corporations to be responsible corporate citizens hasn't been working out lately. I am certain that most of the removed comments were choice examples of Anglo-Saxon aimed at Darling.
Louis Rossman is a hero. Brian Darling is a zero.
Amen to that. The astroturf tells you everything you need to know.
This is bullshit. The oligarchy merely wants to protect the eternal revenue streams for certain industries.
Yeah, that's the theory. in actual practice, the biggest donors buy whatever legislation they can afford.
Thankfully, patent law isn't quite as utterly broken and insane as copyright law is. Yet.
they don’t want you working on stuff at all.
even without their manuals...
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