Right To Repair/Modify, Who Owns Your Bike?

[PedalUma]

Repairing your electronic device just got a little easier thanks to a seemingly unexpected source: The Library of Congress.
In a ruling that took effect on Oct. 28, the Librarian of Congress gave consumers more freedom to repair their devices by granting them the right to legally circumvent digital “locks” on devices they own. Who owns your bike?

 

[teskow]

In this political conundrum onw has to wonder who owns your body?

 

[Chargeride]

If youre a fetus, your mother.
Depending on your State.

 

[Slaphappygamer]

Any company is just there to sell me a thing. No matter what it is. I've had this mindset for decades. Once I have it, I can do what I want with it. Hack it, Jailbreak it, Mod it. It's mine. Nintendo, Apple, Micro$oft, Ride1Up, Sony, Samsung....sorry, not sorry.

 

[il Munduato]

Sony started it for me over 30 years ago and that's why I refuse to give them, Apple and such any off my money.
Let the sheep continue to wait in line and think they've got the best ever.

 

[Chargeride]

Tbh, Im not getting out my watch screwdrivers to fix an Ipoon

 

[Slaphappygamer]

Tbh, Im not getting out my watch screwdrivers to fix an Ipoon

I thought the same, at first. Then I realized how much im saving by replacing the battery myself. Like a hundred bucks.

 

[il Munduato]

I thought the same, at first. Then I realized how much im saving by replacing the battery myself. Like a hundred bucks.

More than that as you're not being persuaded into replacing the device

 

[harryS]

Was that Library of Congress ruling related to digital rights on e-books? I don't see how that would apply to an ebike battery that disables itself if the user opens it up.

I was surpised to learn that I could, if wanted, download Netflix movies to my Phone and watch them later, in places with no network coverage,

 

[PCeBiker]

I thought the same, at first. Then I realized how much im saving by replacing the battery myself. Like a hundred bucks.

I bought two used Samsung S5 phones back in the day.
One had a dead/cracked screen for $100 and the other was dead from getting soaked for $50.

I put the two phones together and saved a few hundred dollars.

I also learned how to do the work myself. That's not half the battle. It's half the fun.

 

[PCeBiker]

I don't see how that would apply to an ebike battery that disables itself if the user opens it up.

If that were me, I'd simply disconnect the cells from all the electronics and install my own BMS.

 

[Chargeride]

My Note 3 was the last of the easily fixable smartphones, I fitted a new charge port, camera and earpiece.
A modern smartphone needs to be heated and unglued.

 

[PCeBiker]

Samsung stopped using replaceable batteries shortly after the S5 that I had. They started soldering them into the phone like IPhone.

 

[PedalUma]

Specialized requires dealer updates of firmware. With One Wheel you cannot change a tire without voiding the product. It all needs to be sent to Santa Cruz for service and that takes weeks to fix a flat. A while ago everyone in Canada had their bikes-down graded via cell towers for one brand at midnight. Oh, set your clocks back tonight. In the EU folks are stuck with 28 mph performance motors in the States on bikes that wall them off at 15.3 mph. In 2020 during the massive elderly kill-off of elderly, hospitals could not have their own techs unlock ventilators. People died. Many devices have bugs implanted to set off at a set time, such as at harvest for a farmer. At any given time Micky D's could not use 10% of their ice cream dispensers because of pre-planned required 'up-dates' from the manufacturer. They were held hostage. It is an ice cream dispenser! Pull the handle. Nope, each requires a proprietary update from an authorized factory technician in person. Who owns your bike? The Library of Congress regulates copyright. If you own a copyrighted book you can still take notes in the margin, because it is your book.

 

[PCeBiker]

, . Who owns your bike?

I do.

I voided my warranty the day both my e-bikes arrived, then I gave the first one a brain transplant,..

There's still a glitch in that it won't go over 32 kph, but I don't want it to anyway.

My new e-bike goes 43 kph, but I set it to 32.
It's definitely my own creation,..
I'm happy with the Voltbike brain and all the components are open source.

 

[PedalUma]

 

[6zfshdb]

I won't buy anything I can't cobble on. Doing so can void a warranty though.

 

[dodgeman]

This has been going on in the automotive world for a while and John Deere tried it recently. The logic is you own the physical object but they own the software. Most of these attempts have been shot down. The right to repair has generally been extended to the owner and you can’t lock them out of the computer. It may take expensive equipment to hook up to them though.