Google Is Silencing Small Repair Shops — Help Us Fight Back


Google Is Silencing Small Repair Shops — Help Us Fight Back
The Issue
Enough is enough.
Small repair shops aren’t being outcompeted — they’re being erased by Google.
Across the country, thousands of honest, family-run electronics repair businesses are being silently banned from advertising on Google — their #1 way of reaching new customers.
These aren’t shady shops. They’re 5-star local businesses run by veterans, parents, and young entrepreneurs. But because they offer independent repair, their ads are blocked without warning or explanation — even if they're verified and compliant.
Here’s the result:
🔍 When people search “phone repair near me,” these shops don’t show up.
🚫 No visibility = no customers. No customers = no business.
Even in Right to Repair states, where consumer choice is protected by law, Google’s quiet ad ban makes that protection meaningless. Great businesses are being forced to shut down — not from bad service, but because they’ve been cut off from the digital economy.
This isn’t fair competition — it’s digital erasure.
Sign the petition. Share this message.
Let’s give small businesses a fair shot before they disappear for good.
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The Issue
Enough is enough.
Small repair shops aren’t being outcompeted — they’re being erased by Google.
Across the country, thousands of honest, family-run electronics repair businesses are being silently banned from advertising on Google — their #1 way of reaching new customers.
These aren’t shady shops. They’re 5-star local businesses run by veterans, parents, and young entrepreneurs. But because they offer independent repair, their ads are blocked without warning or explanation — even if they're verified and compliant.
Here’s the result:
🔍 When people search “phone repair near me,” these shops don’t show up.
🚫 No visibility = no customers. No customers = no business.
Even in Right to Repair states, where consumer choice is protected by law, Google’s quiet ad ban makes that protection meaningless. Great businesses are being forced to shut down — not from bad service, but because they’ve been cut off from the digital economy.
This isn’t fair competition — it’s digital erasure.
Sign the petition. Share this message.
Let’s give small businesses a fair shot before they disappear for good.
1,120
The Decision Makers
Supporter Voices
Petition created on May 27, 2025
