Efforts to use technology to police copyright evolved into companies using copyright law to lock people out of repairing their own devices.
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This isn’t really enshittification, though. People used to always have the right to self repair. That right got curtailed once it became a threat to profit margins.

This is a law issue.

If you read the book, the post will make much more sense

MinnesotaGoddam
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The book is a deep dive into intellectual property law?

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more like a capitalism issue

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private ownership caused the issue? so you dont see this happening if the government was in charge of everything?

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enshittification would be a non issue without the profit motive.

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