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Attacks on “Right to Repair” and Trap of Digital Restrictions (DRM) (UPDATED)

Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 14, 2023,

updated Sep 14, 2023

Security Leftovers

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Apple's 'Wanderlust' Event: A Journey to 'Wonder-Lost'?

↺ Apple's 'Wanderlust' Event: A Journey to 'Wonder-Lost'?

> If Apple's "repairable" devices still end up in landfills due to built-in obsolescence or repair restrictions, the environmental problem remains unresolved.

Groups Leading “Right to Repair” Movement Urge Biden Administration to Reject Any Attempts to Derail their Gains Via “Trade” Agreement as Latest Round of Indo-Pacific Trade Negotiations Start

↺ Groups Leading “Right to Repair” Movement Urge Biden Administration to Reject Any Attempts to Derail their Gains Via “Trade” Agreement as Latest Round of Indo-Pacific Trade Negotiations Start

> The Biden administration’s battle against monopolies has spotlighted how consumers, farmers, and small businesses get abused by large manufacturers that unduly restrict access to necessary tools, parts, and information to repair their electronics-enabled equipment and devices. A burgeoning “Right to Repair” movement is making real progress at the state and federal level with five states passing legislation, and the Federal Trade Commission active in enforcing protections for users’ repair choice.

Are 10% of Spotify Streams Really ‘Fake’? — New Report Prompts Fresh Industry Conjecture

↺ Are 10% of Spotify Streams Really ‘Fake’? — New Report Prompts Fresh Industry Conjecture

> Are 10% of Spotify streams really ‘fake’? The latest report from the Financial Times prompts more industry conjecture in a time of AI uncertainty.

Unity has introduced new fees that could have dire effects on the entire game industry, from indies to Xbox Game Pass (UPDATE) [Ed: When you rely on Microsofters and Mono pushers for stacks -- upon which to develop your programs/games]

↺ Unity has introduced new fees that could have dire effects on the entire game industry, from indies to Xbox Game Pass (UPDATE)

> Unity joins Unreal Engine with a per-install fee.

UPDATE

Alan Pope: Happy Birthday Steam

↺ Alan Pope: Happy Birthday Steam

> Steam - the video game distribution and launching platform from Valve, is twenty years old today. Steam has become quite a fixture of PC gaming life in those two decades.

↺ Steam

↺ Valve

↺ Steam

↺ Valve

Reconstructing an invalid TPM event log [Ed: Whether or not Microsoft gives him a salary, he's still working for Microsoft]

↺ Reconstructing an invalid TPM event log

Apple thinks modularity hinders device longevity. We don’t.

↺ Apple thinks modularity hinders device longevity. We don’t.

> In a recent interview, Apple’s new head of hardware, John Ternus, was asked whether it would be conceivable to make iPhones even more modular and make them as easy to repair as a Fairphone.

Unpacking California's SB 244

↺ Unpacking California's SB 244

> This law is mostly grounded in the principle that when you buy something – its yours to use, fix, or resell as you like. The legislature made political choices along the way about which kinds of equipment should be covered by this law – and its no surprise that the business interests of Silicon Valley were considered. Some of the details are less robust than in Minnesota, other details are more comprehensive than New York. Whole categories of equipment were exempted in order to fight only a few 800-lb gorillas at a time.

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