> maybe you can’t do it at home but people with the correct instruments can do pretty much anyrhing.

Of course, the argument for right-to-repair has never been "it's impossible to repair X". It's always been "it's economically infeasie to repair X".

> Replacing a broken component with a new one is not repairing. Fixing the broken component is repairing.

Are people actually gatekeeping repair right now? Seriously?

> One reason would be to prevent theft.

Sure, that works for when you swap a part from one device to another. But what about swapping in brand new parts? What about swapping in counterfeit parts (you could argue about this too, but you can also just add a warning if a counterfeit part is installed)? I kinda understand pairing the part to the device, but not pairing the device to the part.