Countless companies and industries enjoy making up scary stories when it comes to justifying their opposition to making it easier to repair your own tech. Apple claims that empowering consumers and bolstering independent repair shops will turn states into “hacker meccas.” The car industry insists that making it easier and cheaper to repair modern cars will be a boon to sexual predators.

  • darthskull
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    10 months ago

    What bike do you have, if you don’t mind sharing?

    • tony@lemmy.hoyle.me.uk
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      10 months ago

      It’s a Hitway bk11. One of the most popular on Amazon (well I think the bk6 is).

      The display for example is an S866, which are cheap and all over ebay/amazon. Heck, I could even interface an esp32 in there if I can find some documentation for the ubuiquitous ‘communication protocol no.2’…