<story><title>EU brings in &apos;right to repair&apos; rules for appliances</title><url>https://www.bbc.com/news/business-49884827</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>daleharvey</author><text>I have noticed this as well. Hacker News generally considers itself liberal but actually holds very conservative views (see any thread on gender equality). The EU is being positioned as a liberal organisation (whether it truly is or not) so in every EU related thread the free speech &amp;#x2F; anti regulation commentators come out in force</text></item><item><author>DavidHm</author><text>This might be a personal impression, but there seems to be a reflexive (negative) response from many posters here regarding any new regulation that the EU produces.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;ve been trying to wrap my head about whether that&amp;#x27;s different than the negative response about any regulation in general (including the US one), and I feel like it is more negative; as for why, I would only be speculating.</text></item><item><author>deanclatworthy</author><text>I don’t share the scepticism shared by other commenters. No matter how you look at this it’s a step in the right direction. We have needed this legislation for at least ten years now. Hopefully it will be iterated on and improved if manufacturers try to find ways around it. The EU has shown it’s willing to legislate in many areas for the better (and worse).</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Zenst</author><text>Alas when society feels fit to label things one way or another , they overlook the actual action and detail and with that, if it is something good (like this) they are sceptical and focus upon bad aspects and ignore the whole.&lt;p&gt;But when politics drives and runs with left&amp;#x2F;right mentality, they end up disenfranchising common sense more often than not and you end up politically with a seesaw effect - you get a controlling party that is one way, then after a while you end up with a party the other way to restore balance.&lt;p&gt;This is one of those wonderful moments in which the result is common sense on so many levels that we should (sure many do) see it for what it is - something wonderful.&lt;p&gt;But everybody has a bad day, political things of any form can bring out the worst in all of us, but decorum upon this forum, does a better job than most in regulating those aspects.  For that, let us be thankful as I can only imagine the Twitter flavours of this very subject being played out and shudder.&lt;p&gt;But credit when it is due - thank you EU for this.</text></comment>
<story><title>EU brings in &apos;right to repair&apos; rules for appliances</title><url>https://www.bbc.com/news/business-49884827</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>daleharvey</author><text>I have noticed this as well. Hacker News generally considers itself liberal but actually holds very conservative views (see any thread on gender equality). The EU is being positioned as a liberal organisation (whether it truly is or not) so in every EU related thread the free speech &amp;#x2F; anti regulation commentators come out in force</text></item><item><author>DavidHm</author><text>This might be a personal impression, but there seems to be a reflexive (negative) response from many posters here regarding any new regulation that the EU produces.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;ve been trying to wrap my head about whether that&amp;#x27;s different than the negative response about any regulation in general (including the US one), and I feel like it is more negative; as for why, I would only be speculating.</text></item><item><author>deanclatworthy</author><text>I don’t share the scepticism shared by other commenters. No matter how you look at this it’s a step in the right direction. We have needed this legislation for at least ten years now. Hopefully it will be iterated on and improved if manufacturers try to find ways around it. The EU has shown it’s willing to legislate in many areas for the better (and worse).</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Iv</author><text>That&amp;#x27;s what I assume as well.&lt;p&gt;But maybe that&amp;#x27;s also what it feels like to become as relevant int he tech world as the US. There is no shortage of US-bashing in international tech discussions. As long as it stays good spirited, I don&amp;#x27;t mind.</text></comment>