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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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I have an old tractor, and the manuals for it were unavailable except for one company which scanned them, put their own cover on it, and demanded $20 for access to the PDF (over $60 for printed).
Rather than give them a dime, I located original copies of each and every book associated, purchased them (only around $25 each), scanned them myself, and uploaded my versions to Archive. Now my copies are the top result when you search the names of the manuals.
Fuck those guys.
Doing the Lord's work 🤙