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Whether it be electronics, automobiles or medical equipment, the manufacturers should not be able to horde “oem” parts, render your stuff useless if you repair it with aftermarket parts, or hide schematics of their products.

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Echelon kills smart home gym equipment offline capabilities with update (arstechnica.com)

submitted 2 days ago by miguel@fedia.io to c/right2repair@discuss.tchncs.de

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Update also blocks compatibility with popular third-party apps.

Well, this is definitely the wrong direction.

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[–] RonnieB@lemmy.world 36 points 2 days ago

Louis, this one here

[–] patatas@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

Didn't even know that alternative apps were possible until I saw this post, thank you!

Spouse and I got an Echelon bike in 2020 and the worst thing about it was that you can't use it without internet connectivity. Thankfully we hadn't done any app/firmware upgrades for a while, and now we don't have to worry about that at all :)

[–] L0rdMathias@sh.itjust.works 19 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The smart man weeps after his machines break down, reconciling his newfound frailness as the inevitable atrophy sets in.

The wise man continues to lift his rock.

[–] rainwall@piefed.social 10 points 2 days ago

Cardio is good for you, bro.

At least lift some different rocks in some different ways.

[–] blarghly@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I mean, that sucks.

But also, just buy a bicycle and a barbell.

[–] Beacon@fedia.io 9 points 2 days ago

The person already bought a very nice bicycle