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Adrian Caspersz wrote:
On 10/03/2021 12:43, Fredxx wrote:
On 10/03/2021 11:28, The Natural Philosopher wrote:


It already has done that in the car industry - where pattern parts are
de jure...

All that has happened is that the price of new cars and service labour
has increased, as a result.

Can you cite any link to show that to be the case?

The consumer hasn't really won

It makes repair much easier and cheaper if there are multiple
independent sources of the same component, rather than being a dealer
only part.

You know about current model BMW (traditional engine, not electric) car
batteries?

Only swappable by dealers with software.

Willing to bet it's easy to get pirated software to do this. Same as all
car maker's stuff.

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