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Entered into the record of today's hearing by Congressman Fry (R-SC).

I don't propose any and every repair guide on the Internet relevant to post; we could easily drown in them.

What sets this one apart? Not sure why, but it never occurred to me that LED lightbulbs could be repaired.

Almost want to set up a drop box for burned out LED bulbs to give it a try. I don't imagine them equally repairable. Provided it caught on as a niche hobby, I expect something on the order of Open Repair Data could be collected on this topic alone.

These records display the wide variety of products brought to repair clinics, offer data for a few statistics as well as other insights.

The most reported obstacle to repair was absence of spare parts at 32%, rising to 48% if the category is expanded to include cost-prohibitive spare parts. "No way to open product" was an irritating 17%. Lack of service documentation was 12%.

Video of Michigan House Agriculture Committee hearing is archived here, if player link in the article proves uncooperative.

See also: US-PIRG letter to Google's John Solomon urging service life extension of 13 Chromebook models, signed by thirty-six organizations.