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+## Open Hardware
+
+# Why?
+
+--
+
+### Why?
+
+# Because
+
+* John Deere
+* Apple
+* Tesla
+* HP 
+* ...
+
+--
+
+### Why?
+
+## John Deere
+
+* Digital keys (“Service ADVISOR,” encrypted ECU files) sold only to franchised dealers.
+* Contract language banning owners from “accessing source code.”
+
+
+
+--
+
+### Why?
+
+## John Deere / issues
+
+* Downtime: farmers can’t harvest until a dealer drives out.
+* Monopoly pricing: FTC says labor rates run 2–3 × higher than independent techs could charge.
+* Legal chill: Deere-farm-bureau MoU bars the farm lobby from pursuing right-to-repair bills.
+
+Note:
+
+* Farmer with lawn $600k ornament 
+* Ukranian hackerss
+* [Source](https://www.agriculturedive.com/news/deere-right-to-repair-ftc-investigation/730432/)
+
+--
+
+### Why?
+
+## Apple
+
+* Parts pairing”: replacement cameras, batteries, even screens must handshake with Apple’s servers or functions are degraded.
+* Activation Lock is now extended to individual parts.
+
+--
+
+### Why?
+
+## Apple / issues
+
+* Independent shops sidelined: Face ID, Touch ID, True Tone and other features break if Apple refuses calibration.
+* Higher e-waste: perfectly-good donor parts are unusable.
+
+## Nice side/effect
+
+* Regulatory friction: Oregon’s 2025 law outright bans parts-pairing—forcing Apple to dial it back.
+
+--
+
+### Why?
+
+## Tesla
+
+* Only Tesla will sell many critical parts; service manuals sit behind paywalls; software locks block salvaged modules.
+* Warranty language voids coverage after most third-party repairs.
+
+--
+
+### Why?
+
+## Tesla & issues
+
+* Supracompetitive pricing: class action alleges owners pay far above market for simple repairs.
+* Service deserts: where no Tesla center exists, cars can sit immobile for weeks.
+* Data monopoly: Tesla harvests telematics but withholds diagnostic data from independents and costomers. 
+
+Note:
+
+* Would like to dig deeper into Tesla's compliance with EU regulations 
+
+--
+
+### Why?
+
+## HP
+
+* “Dynamic Security” firmware silently disables printers if a cartridge lacks an HP-signed chip.
+
+
+--
+
+### Why?
+
+## HP / issues
+
+* Instant bricking: firmware pushes have frozen printers mid-emergency jobs (one plaintiff was a disaster-response charity).
+* Consumable monopoly: users must pay HP’s 60-80 % markup on toner/ink.
+* Legal exposure: HP settled a March 2025 class action but pays no damages, and the lockout code remains on by default. 
+
+Note:
+
+* Other printers brands, namey, OKI have similar baheviours 
+
+--
+
+### Why?
+
+# And many many more
+
+1. Repair monopoly → price & time penalties
+1. Regulatory & security opacity
+1. E-waste acceleration
+1. Chilling effect on competition and innovation
+
+Note:
+
+1. Repair monopoly → price & time penalties
+
+   When diagnostic software, cryptographic keys or parts supplies are closed, the manufacturer alone sets both the repair timetable and the price. Markets for independent service collapse.
+
+1. Regulatory & security opacity
+
+   Closed devices often hide firmware vulnerabilities and safety issues from third-party auditors, while still claiming “security” as the reason for secrecy.
+
+1. E-waste acceleration
+
+   Parts pairing and locked firmware make reuse and refurbishment uneconomical. Functional components head to recycling, and owners buy new hardware instead.
+
+1. Chilling effect on competition and innovation
+
+   Start-ups that could build accessories, do performance mods, or offer analytics can’t legally access the interfaces. That concentrates revenue with the OEM and slows downstream innovation.
+
+--
+
+### Why?
+
+It's not only about competitions between suppliers,<br>
+**it's mainly about equity in access to technology.**
+
+Note:
+
+If companies priotize for maximum proffit lower income persons will never have similar access.