Even removed from right to repair, is capitalism making DIY harder by way of oversaturation of solutions? (hexbear.net)

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Everytime I look up how to fix anything I am bombarded by 800 repair kits that are all either "basic tools except they're not called speciality repair tools" or "glue or epoxy with plastic crap thrown in the mix"

Like I know how to navigate this now because I have actual people who're good at this stuff I can ask but jesus christ how do you navigate this on your own. This sucks ass. Why is there 40 chemically identical woodglues at the hardware store

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[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

the real life hack is becoming known as the bicycle crank amongst your peers so everybody just gifts you their spare matchbox tube repair kits since they have no use for them. I genuinely have not bought any of them or the components in 10+ years

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