Right To Repair is a fundamental of freedom from oligarchy.

It is literally the question of who owns the things we buy. Or, are we forever just de-facto renting those things, while sending all the data to the corporate overlords?

It seems obscure, but is a key element of freedom and democracy.

If I am renting a thing I expect free repairs forever and they should expect to hear from me any time my rental devices is not doing what I expect it to do. If that is not included in the rental fee then I need not use that device and they should expect it returned covered in animal feces.

but you see, you own the hardware, but have no permission to modify the software I put on it >:)