<story><title>E-bike industry blames consumers for fires to undermine right to repair laws</title><url>https://www.techdirt.com/2023/08/28/e-bike-industry-blames-consumers-for-fires-in-effort-to-undermine-right-to-repair-laws/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>taylodl</author><text>Here&amp;#x27;s my take: you don&amp;#x27;t really own something if you can&amp;#x27;t repair it. Manufacturers prefer you don&amp;#x27;t really own their products: they own it, they service it, you use it, and they charge you for the &amp;quot;experience.&amp;quot; It&amp;#x27;s created a throwaway culture that&amp;#x27;s an environmental disaster. We need to figure out how to right this course.</text></comment>
<story><title>E-bike industry blames consumers for fires to undermine right to repair laws</title><url>https://www.techdirt.com/2023/08/28/e-bike-industry-blames-consumers-for-fires-in-effort-to-undermine-right-to-repair-laws/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>josefresco</author><text>Was curious about the organization behind this.  It&amp;#x27;s called &amp;quot;People for Bikes&amp;quot; and the board* is made up of big bike co execs.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.peopleforbikes.org&amp;#x2F;board&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.peopleforbikes.org&amp;#x2F;board&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>