Kevin O'Reilly
@kevin_oreilly7
Fighting for our right to own our tech as Executive Director at FULU Foundation. Former Right to Repair campaign director.
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A firmware update from Echelon last month made it so that bike owners could no longer ride offline or use third-party apps. We just paid out a $20,000 bounty to a developer who fixed that "bug." The worst part: it's illegal to make the fix public. 404media.co/developer-unlo…
Enshittification starts in the home! @kevin_oreilly7 has the crowd booing an ebike firmware update that disabled offline riding.
It's time to bring ownership back.
Y'all, I still use Quickbooks 2009 because it would cost me over $500 per month to do my bookkeeping if I got Quickbooks Online. I hate that you don't buy a product and have own/have access to it...everything is a subscription and in turn you have to pay it forever!
Big news from the FTC on Right to Repair -- the agency has announced it will file suit against John Deere for allegedly monopolizing certain repairs. I think their analysis is spot on -- here are some reasons why I think this case is strong:
We share this analysis. @kevin_oreilly7 examined both tools carefully and published the differences in this report -- one clearly won't do all the repairs you might need: pirg.org/edfund/resourc…
I'm coming to Netflix!
How much is too much? 💸 iFixit co-founder @kwiens is featured in @grainmedia's epic #BuyNowFilm which uncovers how big brands manipulate consumers while our planet pays the price. Coming to @netflix November 20th. 🌍🛍️ — #iFixit
Two and a half years ago, PIRG joined 11 farm, pro-repair groups in FTC complaint against John Deere for the way that company restricts repair. Today, @Bloomberg is reporting that court documents reveal the FTC is actively investigating those issues. bnnbloomberg.ca/investing/comm…
“If these are really critical materials, why are they ending up in stuff that we're told is instantly trash?” Great story by @BooneAshworth on the new report from @KelseyLamp @FrontierTony and me on deep sea mining for @WIRED wired.com/story/instead-…
VICTORY! I was excited to join @GovofCO & @BriannaForCO @JeffBridges for the signing of Colorado's electronics #RightToRepair bill. Coloradans will enjoy the broadest repair rights of any Americans. A deeper dive on this bill - pirg.org/colorado/artic…
Photo by Ted Gotwals. Repair hero Wayne Seltzer of Boulder's U-Fix-Clinic (part of @FixitClinic network) showing @jaredpolis the joy of repair as the governor signs an excellent #RightToRepair law
"This absurd contract is exactly why we need to pass Right to Repair laws" is what I told @jason_koebler -- also great insights from Kit Walsh @EFF scholar Aaron Perzanowski and @publicknowledge 404media.co/samsung-requir…
Scoop: I obtained the contract Samsung requires independent shops to sign to buy phone repair parts from them. It requires: - "Daily" dumps of customer data - The "immediate destruction" of any phones a shop comes across that has third-party parts 404media.co/samsung-requir…
On EFF’s “How to Fix the Internet,” @RepairCoalition leader Gay Gordon-Byrne joins Cindy Cohn and @JGKelley to discuss the past, present and future of the #RightToRepair movement. eff.org/deeplinks/2024…
Right to Repair passes Oregon senate 25-5 in a terrific show of bipartisan support. On to the House. pirg.org/oregon/updates…
Who better to deal with a spoiled rich kid throwing a tantrum than a group of teachers.
NEWS: A Nevada teachers union, through a political action committee, has sued the state and Gov. Joe Lombardo to block the bill that gives the A's $380 million in stadium funding. theathletic.com/5253322/2024/0…
#RightToRepair stories from all 50 states Time to act @FTC ! storymaps.com/stories/392adb…
Care about the right to repair? Now's the time to tell the FTC to: ✅Make repair easy ✅Make repair parts available and reasonably priced ✅ Label products with ease of repairability eff.org/deeplinks/2024…
EFF puts out the call for telling the FTC you want to fix your stuff. eff.org/deeplinks/2024…
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