By Jerri-Lynn Scofield, who has worked as a securities lawyer and a derivatives trader. She is currently writing a book about textile artisans. Bloomberg today published an article, Microsoft and Apple Wage War on Gadget Right-to-Repair Laws, which delved into the details of how big Tech – Microsoft, Google, Apple – thwart right to repair initiatives. There’s considerable support among the public for right to repair initiatives. Not only could such measures save consumers considerable sums of money, they might also alleviate shortages – of laptops for schools, as just one example (see Waste Watch: Right to Repair as Remedy for School Computer Shortage?)