I completely agree that it should be possible to repair things, but this:<p>&gt; Mr. Wiens is also part of a coalition pushing legislation in Minnesota, Massachusetts and New York that would require “digital electronic product” makers to provide owners and independent repair businesses with service information, security updates and replacement parts. This would, he says, increase choices and lower prices.<p>…is asininely stupid.  In what possible world would the cost of writing, illustrating and editing service information and maintaining security updates <i>not</i> increase costs, which will end up being passed on to customers as part of the cost of doing business?<p>I&#x27;d <i>love</i> for equipment to be supported, but I&#x27;m not so daft as to think that means it&#x27;ll be cheaper.<p>Heck, even mandating repairability can have costs: for one thing, it would have prevented the existence of smartphones.