š§ Tech care's first nonprofit trade association | 1,700 members in 50 states | Fighting for #RightToRepair | Building a $60B industry future š
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Behind every successful industry is a trade association that unites, protects, and amplifies its members. Weāre building that for #TechRepair -- JOIN US!!
#UnitedWeRepair #RightToRepair
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Over 200 students gain access to AI and digital skills through RevoLabs Initiative - an eWaste Warriors project! myjoyonline.com/over-200-stuā¦
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#RepairPeople: the TCA got you 50% off Mobile Disrupt. Distributors, parts suppliers, data-erasure software, marketplaces, live sellers, OEMs and carriers, all in one room. Ready to scale? Miami, this July. #TechRepair
Code TCA-REPAIR. techcareassociation.org/evenā¦
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The TCA got repair people 50% off Mobile Disrupt tickets. It is where distributors, repair depots, parts suppliers, data-erasure software, marketplaces, live sellers like Whatnot, OEMs and carriers all meet.
Ready to scale? Miami, this July. #TechRepair techcareassociation.org/evenā¦
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This startup has raised $12 million to make liquid-metal circuit boards rewritable techspot.com/news/112560-staā¦
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Three kinds of data loss. One gold standard: 'no data, no fee.' New guide on recovery options and finding trustworthy help. #TechCare wheretorepair.org/2026/06/08ā¦ #DataRecovery #TechCare
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Right to repair isnāt a hobbyist crusade. Itās a fight over ownership #RightToRepair #TechCareers digitaltrends.com/computing/ā¦
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š¬ The data recovery market is $5.2B growing 16% annually toward $9.5B by 2029. But almost all flows to national labs. The shops that move first will own the next decade. Read the Five-Tier Data Recovery Model: techcareassociation.org/2026ā¦
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š What if you could prove you operate at Tier 3? What if customers could search for verified shops near them and see transparent pricing BEFORE handing over data? This is what we're building. Certification. Directory. Shop-to-shop routing.
LEARN MORE: techcareassociation.org/2026ā¦
šÆ Cloud setup. Local backup. Migration. Password help. Tier 1 of the Five-Tier Data Recovery Model is the most consistent recurring revenue in the entire category. Almost every shop can do this. Almost none are built around it. Start here: techcareassociation.org/2026ā¦
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š” Do the work you can do well. Do no harm to the data you cannot. When in doubt, image and escalate. Never experiment on the only copy of a customer's data. Honest tier discipline is not a limit. It's the pitch. READ: techcareassociation.org/2026ā¦
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š Your customers' photos aren't lost. Their phone is. A dead battery. A bad charging port. You could fix it in an hour for $150. A big-box counter charges $500ā$2,000. This is the gap costing independent shops MILLIONS every year. READ: techcareassociation.org/2026ā¦
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šØ A shop owner in Maryland ships every drive to a lab and collects commission. He hasn't recovered data himself in over a decade. That model is dying. The shops that move first will own the next decade of data recovery revenue. techcareassociation.org/2026ā¦
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Over 200 students gain access to AI and digital skills through RevoLabs Initiative - MyJoyOnline @eWasteWarriors myjoyonline.com/over-200-stuā¦
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#TechRepair Tidbits goes out every Thursday. š§
The week's most useful repair-industry info in one short, practical read, built for working shop owners.
This week: the convenience gap, $250M Apple settlement, Samsung's patch trap, and Alaska's R2R win.
mailchi.mp/techcareassociatiā¦
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Alaska Senate-passed bill seeks to assert āright to repairā for consumer electronics #RightToRepair #TechCare alaskapublic.org/news/politiā¦
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Buying new has gotten easier every year for two decades. Repair hasn't.That gap is the real reason independent shops are losing customers to replacement. New on the TCA Blog: techcareassociation.org/2026ā¦ #TechRepair #RightToRepair
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A customer asked a repair shop for a price over the phone.
The shop said "come on in."
She lives an hour away.
She didn't come in. She didn't shop there. She probably never will.
This is happening everywhere. Here's the fix:
techcareassociation.org/2026ā¦
#TechRepair #RepairPeople
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Independent repair shops have a quiet problem: Customers can price a new phone in 8 seconds online. Most shops won't quote a repair without an in-person visit. Which option do you think wins?techcareassociation.org/2026ā¦ #TechRepair #RepairPeople
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Why are independent repair shops losing customers?It's not quality. It's not price. It's that buying new takes 8 seconds and getting a repair quote takes an hour in the car. New on the TCA Blog: techcareassociation.org/2026ā¦
#TechRepair #RightToRepair
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A Big Tech Bill Argued The Right To Repair Is A Cyber Risk. It Just Died. , by @F2RNews open.substack.com/pub/fighttā¦
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