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But this program is rather clearly not aimed at repair shops but seems much more for the retail DIY crowd. For other things which are DIY, like automotive repair, core charges are a normal everyday thing. I don't normally stock various parts for my own cars, I buy them when I need to. This feels very similar to me.

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> But this program is rather clearly not aimed at repair shops but seems much more for the retail DIY crowd.

Yes, which is the point. They are offering a compromise for a tiny market (self-repair) in hopes of this distracting from and preventing laws that would benefit the market that actually matters (independent repair).

It's like throwing your underpaid demoralized employees a pizza party so they don't quit, nothing but a damage control gesture that deliberarely doesn't actually help.

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