Right. This is less of a win for modders and more of a win for right to repair. After all, when you repair something, you're not changing the design of the device. Rather, you're fixing a broken part in order to restore the device to its original design. Modifying a device however, is a different story, one that isn't really decided here.
When those cases inevitably make their way in front of the Supreme Court, this case will provide the kind of precedent needed to take the conclusions drawn here to their next logical step.
It should be noted, however, that for those of us in the EU (for now) the majority of click-wrap EULA's are indeed null and void in the EU (Microsoft were the ones who caused this to happen in the EU) and although this Supreme Court's decision only applies to the USA it is highly likely that a case in the EU would go the same way (particularly since it was so overwhelming; 7-1). So in the EU at least the chances of having problems over repairing and modding hardware (only) are much slimmer, as long as you don't tinker with the software - so routing around the chip that does the DRM in hardware would probably be legal; inserting a chip to disable it through software probably not. BUT IANAL so go hire a good one to defend you if you plan on trying this and making money from it!
I work at a Costco. We do ink cartridge refills in our photo department, so if it is illegal to refill cartridges then we could be in big trouble for doing so.
Ugh, as a attorney, those lawyer jokes at the end were doubly cringe-worthy for me.
I guess that makes you an "Ace Attorney" then right? 
You are not the first, nor will you be the last, to make that joke.
My dad helped design most of those printers. Its so weird to see the company he worked for 20+ years in the middle of a huge court case and news story. Luckily he has a much better job now. I understand that they want to maintain their loss-leader model to make money, but you can't try to claim ownership of something that was purchased from you
WOO! Huge win for us as gamers. I am very happy to see this day.
Am I the only one who reads thoses?
You can actually own what you buy? Noo...that can't be true. :)
But in all seriousness, I super happy about this.
Gus - "Wow, people still use printers, huh?"
What does that even mean?
I don't know how much of this will actually end up affecting me in a practical sense, but I like the mentality behind this decision. Ownership and the ability to do what I want with the things that I buy (within reason) are a big deal to me.
I'm a simple constitutional law student: I see Supreme Court, I click
companies can still say however that if you modify a product it no longer is protected by whatever protections they provide like security software in computers "ope there's a new hard drive in that laptop no more windows defender for you" kinda scary kinda not scary I dunno
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