Right to repair
When work was insisting on twofactor authentication for workmonitored devices – of course, they insisted on you using your personal device instead of providing one – rather than buying a new Android phone, I used an old HTC One and brought it back to life with LineageOS 17.1, aka Android 10, when HTC dropped support back with Android 5. It’s not exactly what people consider when talking about the right to repair, but the idea that you can’t update or upgrade the software on a device is just as key. Because we’ve been spoilt with the relative openness of the PC platform for both installing software and upgrading the hardware, it’s a shock when you encounter something entirely locked down. Thankfully, with the Android OSP, the ill-fated CyanogenMod and its…