Right to repair
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Oct 28, 2026
Dagogo AltraideHOST
From cars to TVs, laptops and phones, fixing things has become a nightmare.
Dagogo AltraideHOST
Companies are actively blocking our right to repair the products that we own.
Dagogo AltraideHOST
I'm looking at you, Apple.
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and more anti-repair tactics to their devices.
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Swapping those parts from another device or with aftermarket parts means that photos taken with flash will no longer save to your camera roll.
Dagogo AltraideHOST
But people have had enough and they're fighting back.
Dagogo AltraideHOST
In this episode, let's take a look at the right to repair movement and why it matters more than you think.
Dagogo AltraideHOST
In putting together this episode, a secondary topic presented itself.
Daniel MartinHOST
Very interesting, as he spoke to some of the people involved in the repair process.
Daniel MartinHOST
Incidentally, the right to repair... is a set of rules that has taken effect in the European Union.
Daniel MartinHOST
It's called Right to Repair.
Daniel MartinHOST
And it took effect July 2026, wherein manufacturers need to offer repair for certain products, including smartphones, at reasonable prices.
Daniel MartinHOST
And the rules there in the EU aim to prevent manufacturers from using software or hardware restrictions to block independent repairs.
Johar AlkhatibGUEST
It has definitely in most aspects become harder now.
Johar AlkhatibGUEST
Really? Yeah.
Daniel MartinHOST
in spite of all the international rules that we're seeing in the EU for the right to repair, in spite of the fact that they have, I know some of the big brands used to only allow repairs to happen through a dedicated repair service, but they've, how do I say, declassified and allowed more wider options that don't void the warranty.
ChewieHOST
Indeed.
ChewieHOST
There was a question that we had from the community, actually, which is about one of the policies that you brought out a bit earlier about the right to repair.
ChewieHOST
And I guess it was around vehicles.
ChewieHOST
Specifically, I know that this term, there was a green biscuit tin policy that was kind of the broader right to repair.
ChewieHOST
Would that extend to other devices, for example, phones, laptops, that sort of thing, as well as vehicles?
Arena WilliamsGUEST
I love the right to repair and I love these policies because it gets to something which I think is a bigger... conversation about how our economy has been designed.
Arena WilliamsGUEST
When companies not only use their market power to be one, two or three of a provider in the market for any given product, and then they also extract the maximum number of dollars from you at the beginning of the transaction to actually buy it, and then a subscription fee along the way, and then they charge more for repairs and more for add-ons and more for replacements.
Arena WilliamsGUEST
Then you know you've got a system which is not working for the consumer, but it is working for the companies.
Daniel MartinHOST
Very interesting, as he spoke to some of the people involved in the repair process.
Daniel MartinHOST
Incidentally, the right to repair... is a set of rules that has taken effect in the European Union.
Daniel MartinHOST
It's called Right to Repair.
Daniel MartinHOST
And it took effect July 2026, wherein manufacturers need to offer repair for certain products, including smartphones, at reasonable prices.
Daniel MartinHOST
And the rules there in the EU aim to prevent manufacturers from using software or hardware restrictions to block independent repairs.
Johar AlkhatibGUEST
It has definitely in most aspects become harder now.
Johar AlkhatibGUEST
Really? Yeah.
Daniel MartinHOST
in spite of all the international rules that we're seeing in the EU for the right to repair, in spite of the fact that they have, I know some of the big brands used to only allow repairs to happen through a dedicated repair service, but they've, how do I say, declassified and allowed more wider options that don't void the warranty.
Martine PostmaGUEST
Well, I believe my information from Europe is strongest, being based in Europe myself.
Martine PostmaGUEST
But I believe the European Union is doing well, something for the right to repair.
Martine PostmaGUEST
It's not very, very distinguished yet.
Martine PostmaGUEST
But there is a European right to repair in place and all the member states of the European Union have now installed their laws in their country to get this right.
Martine PostmaGUEST
But it's still a limited right.
Martine PostmaGUEST
It applies to a limited number of products.
Martine PostmaGUEST
So there is still a lot of work to be done.
Martine PostmaGUEST
But I think the European Union is aware that this is an item and that it will not go away.
Bob WulffHOST
anything digital.
Bob WulffHOST
This needs to be all wrapped up in the right to repair because it's way easier for somebody to understand and way more sexy to say, if you have a tractor, John Deere doesn't want you to fuck with it.
Bob WulffHOST
Yeah.
Bob WulffHOST
If you have a game console, Sony doesn't want you to fuck with it.
Will WulffHOST
Well, I feel like this might be, I mean, they're related, but I think it's like two separate things.
Will WulffHOST
Because, like, Right to Repair, that's more about, like, the actual device.
Will WulffHOST
This is more, I think, in line with, like, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
Will WulffHOST
Right.
Jordan EpsteinGUEST
It's just like smooth sailing.
Jordan EpsteinGUEST
Um, what I'm reminded of honestly, more than anything is like the push for right to repair laws, um, two years ago.
Jordan EpsteinGUEST
Right.
Jordan EpsteinGUEST
I think that was 2024.
Christian SpicerHOST
tractors were impacted by software updates that required that manufacturer to do it and you couldn't fix it yourself, that's like, that's America.
Christian SpicerHOST
Like, now you're getting a voter, but, you know, like, that's big.
Christian SpicerHOST
I think that's where Right to Repair hit home for a lot of folks.
Christian SpicerHOST
Yeah, the
Brett DavisGUEST
And I was on a panel with two other gentlemen.
Brett DavisGUEST
And one of the audience members raised their hand, we're talking about right to repair, which is, you know, it's always this topic that's out there, right? It's a
Jesse JohnsonHOST
big one.
Brett DavisGUEST
Yeah.
Brett DavisGUEST
And customers always have the right to repair their stuff.
Brett DavisGUEST
You know, there's just certain technology things that are barriers, but they always have the right.
Brett DavisGUEST
So the guy raises his hand.
Juan Carlos BagnellHOST
If you have any relatives that live in New York, when we enact a rule like this, it's not proactive.
Juan Carlos BagnellHOST
So, for example, uh, we talked a lot about the Right to Repair legislation in Texas.
Juan Carlos BagnellHOST
I even interviewed folks at PIRG, um, to talk about the ramifications of this.
Juan Carlos BagnellHOST
So there's a Right to Repair law in Texas, and nothing's changed.
Juan Carlos BagnellHOST
Nothing even changed.
Juan Carlos BagnellHOST
What this does is it provides a framework to react to a problem.
Juan Carlos BagnellHOST
Now, you take that tweet that you would have made and published and 10 people would've, like, hearted or something, and you copy that tweet and you go to nyc.gov/maine/click-to-cancel, and you put that tweet in this complaint form, and then a government agency will go and investigate the business practices of that business.
Juan Carlos BagnellHOST
This is how we move forward with this kind of regulatory practice.
Arjun SinghHOST
I'm Arjun Singh.
Arjun SinghHOST
John Deere has agreed to pay $99 million to settle a class action lawsuit over farmer's right to repair their own equipment, but that settlement isn't all that it seems.
Arjun SinghHOST
Our guest on the show today is Willie Cade, someone who argues that after lawyers and administrators take their cut, farmers will be left with a small slice of the pie.
Arjun SinghHOST
Right to repair can sound like a consumer issue, but at its core it's really a competition fight.
Arjun SinghHOST
See, when one company controls the software, the parts, and the dealers, it gets to decide who can fix a tractor and how much that costs, and that's something that we see in a lot of different industries today.
Arjun SinghHOST
In this case, farmers say John Deere has used their control to shut out independent repair shops and charge whatever it wants for repairs.
Teddy DowneyHOST
I'm Teddy Downey, executive editor here at The Capital Forum.
Teddy DowneyHOST
Today I am very pleased to be joined by Willie Cade, CEO of Graceful Solutions LLC, an agricultural antitrust litigation consulting firm.
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