While the manufactures gain the most from these bills stalling, the consumers and businesses become locked in a precarious situation of equipment running in an environment that doesn’t live up to its potential, or spending dollars that could better be spent growing the business if repair was an option instead of new purchases.In the current state, OEMs have the ability to tell you that you cannot have access to fix your own equipment unless the repair is completed through them or trade it in for newer, more expensive hardware. This can be said for the cell phone industry, farm equipment, network equipment and many others.