Right-to-repair battles are raging around the country. Here's what businesses need to know. - Silicon Valley Business Journal

, sells portable generators and other backup power equipment.

, Weber, which makes electric and gas grills, motorcycle manufacturer Harley Davidson, and MWE investments LLC, which sells Westinghouse outdoor power equipment. “These types of restrictions can significantly raise costs for consumers, stifle innovation, close off business opportunity for independent repair shops, create unnecessary electronic waste, delay timely repairs, and undermine resiliency,” FTC Chair Lina M. Khan said during an open commission meeting. “The FTC has a range of tools it can use to root out unlawful repair restrictions, and today’s policy statement would commit us to move forward on this issue with new vigor.

But as 2023 churns on, the right-to-repair debate has expanded to include nearly all products, from the state of McDonald's ice cream machines to the modification of video games, the servicing of cars and how much owning something actually means in an age where even cars can be turned off remotely. “If you re going to buy something and put it on your books and depreciate it over five years but it only lasts two years because the manufacturer won’t sell you a part, that's on you,” Gordon-Byrne said. “The idea that you bought it, you own it and people are taking away your right to use it — there is no precedent for it.”

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