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Whether it be electronics, automobiles or medical equipment, the manufacturers should not be able to horde “oem” parts, render your stuff useless if you repair it with aftermarket parts, or hide schematics of their products.
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You still are & just don't know it. The power company can tell when & what devices you're using. You'd need a way to store enough power so your appliances never connect directly to the grid, basically a power firewall.
Thats a new one.. I don't know enough to doubt it, but curious to how. Actual digital communication over power lines, or just recognizable power usage patterns?
There's stuff like ripple control to tell appliances to lower consumption. Pretty archaic and rare these days. There's nothing I know of that communicates to the utility.
I have no idea what John is talking about or why he brought this concept up.