Hey guys, long time listener and huge fan of the show.  Easily my favorite spot to get Apple gossip and teased with robe talk.

I was just listening to Episode 416 where Mike was kind of defending the unrepair-ability of computers because he's a busy dad and doesn't have time to mess around with building and fixing his own hardware.

As a dad of 2 little ones (soon to be 3), and running a SaaS company during a pandemic, I understand the time/energy pinch more than anyone... which is WHYYYY I need to be able to crack the case open and fix it myself quickly.

A few months ago, one of my little angels got under my desk and turned off my power strip to my Thelio during a firmware update.... whoops.  This, as you could imagine, was bad.  It bricked my Thelio and my main work computer was dead in the water.  If this was an Apple, i'd have to lug this thing all the way up to the Apple store, which is well over 2 hours of pain on I5 in Washington (Chris knows what I mean).  I'd likely have to drop it off, be without, then go make the 2 hour round trip again to pick it up.  That is NOT acceptable for a pro user.

Instead, I was able to contact System76, and they were able to get me the instructions to roll my firmware back manually, which involved opening the case and hitting secret buttons in there.  I was back up and running in less than an hour, and never had to change out of my pajama pants.

THAT is the power of right to repair.  It's not all about hackers wanting to overclock and mess with their rigs.  There is a valid point of view here, that SERIOUS users need that ability to save them time and energy. 

Perhaps I'm an old man like Chris, but I will not buy a computer I can't open up and rescue if I need to anymore as long as humanly possible, which means the M1 will never sit on my desk, despite all it's glory.