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m Removed reference that had nothing to do with medical equipment or covid. The reference was a letter to the FTC about cars sending data to other companies
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===Ventilators===
===Ventilators===
Ventilators were affected by lack of a right to repair, notably during the Covid 19 pandemic.<ref>https://www.wyden.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/wyden-markey_auto_privacy_letter_to_ftc.pdf</ref>
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At the beginning of the Covid 19 pandemic, ventilators were suddenly in very high demand.  Digital rights management and lack of right to repair made the equipment shortage worse, and probably increased mortality.


===Software===
===Software===