07-11-2021, 12:55 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-11-2021, 01:03 PM by heavyhorse.)
"President Biden on Friday signed a broad executive order aimed at reducing corporate consolidation, increasing competition, and offering benefits for consumers, workers, and small businesses. "Today I'm going to be signing ... an executive order promoting competition. To lower prices. To increase wages. To take another critical step toward an economy that works for everybody," Biden said. The 72-action plan takes aim at restrictive employee noncompete agreements; requires airlines to refund passengers for poor Wi-Fi and baggage handling; calls for over-the-counter sales of hearing aids; and guarantees the right for farmers and motorists to "repair their own vehicles without voiding warranty protections," among other initiatives,"
(In case you didn't know, manufacturers of late have declared that "owners" are only buying the USE of their machinery and vehicles, and the proprietary ownership remains with the manufacturer, software in particular, and cannot be modified or repaired by the user, in compliance with the mandatory TOS or User Agreement.)
