I live in Japan, and our repair framework feels weak.

  A lot of it is based on industry association rules (業界団体ルール), not enforceable regulation. For example, major electronics companies sometimes disclose a parts retention period (部品保有期限), like keeping parts for X years, but that is mostly traditional large companies.

On repair policy/enforcement, the EU and US seem more advanced than Japan. That is why stories like this (farmers pushing back on dealer lock-in and repair access) are interesting to me.

▲ stevenjgarner an hour ago | parent [-]

Isn't open source the legitimate compromise solution to right-to-repair? If you're unhappy with buying a closed proprietary product, why not support an open source alternative? Granted current open source farm tractors pale in comparison to a John Deere Model X9 1100, often priced at over $1 million.

	▲	tl2do an hour ago \| parent [-]
		I agree. I’m a gadget lover too. But we still have a real problem: for major household products like air conditioners and dishwashers, there usually isn’t a practical open-source hardware alternative yet. Iowa farmers are probably in a similar situation.