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The Ripple Effect of the Pandemic
Aaron Carroll: We're talking about the right to repair. Beyond the scenes, we are back and legal has told me that I cannot name that particular printer company that always sells me a printer but after two years it breaks in the cost of the repairs. It just takes money out of people's pockets right. Repairs are more expensive. We end up buying more new stuff than we need and that costs American families. And one of the things I really worry about when we live in a world where the manufacturer is the only person that's authorized to make repairs is that we don't develop the sorts of skills that people need to interact with technology.