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California Lawmakers Unanimously Pass Right to Repair Legislation (www.404media.co)
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Summary

  • The California state assembly has unanimously passed a bill that would require electronics manufacturers to sell repair tools and parts to consumers and to make repair guides available to the general public.

  • The bill, known as the "Right to Repair" bill, previously passed the state Senate and now has the support of Apple, a longtime opponent of the legislation.

  • If the bill is signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom, it would be a victory not just for Californians but for consumers everywhere.

  • California would become the third state to pass right to repair legislation for consumer electronics, after New York and Minnesota passed laws earlier this year.

  • The bill is seen as a victory for consumers and environmentalists, who argue that it will allow people to repair their own devices and reduce electronic waste.

Additional Details

  • The bill was supported by a coalition of consumer groups, environmentalists, and small business owners.

  • The bill's supporters argued that it would be better for the environments and save them money on repairs.

  • Apple supported bills after having spent millions of dollars against it.

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[-] AProfessional@lemmy.world 68 points 1 year ago

It’s actually a very soft bill, it has no requirements to make hardware that is actually pro-consumer.

[-] 0110010001100010@lemmy.world 42 points 1 year ago

Which is likely why they switched to supporting it. It was this or more strict requirements in the future.

[-] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 14 points 1 year ago

That's disheartening but I figured it had to be something like that. Ultimately then the danger will be thinking "great, now right to repair is fixed", plus Apple gets to claim they were altruistic. Ugh.

[-] donescobar@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago

We fixed right to repair in 2023 just like we fixed racism by electing Obama in 2008

[-] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

Can’t wait to see how you fix your healthcare system.

[-] bronzle@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Duh, ObamaCare, what more could we ask for?

[-] UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

the tools will probably cost as much as the device and the replacement parts will be locked, requiring Apple s expensive tools

[-] dditty@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Apple won't be forced to change their current business practice if soldering everything to the logic board, security chips disabling devices after repairs unless unlocked with their proprietary software, etc, so it won't affect their monopolizing of the Apple repair market. They'll just have to offer logic boards for sale with a one pg PDF showing how to replace the board, and maybe they'll make the security software fix more available (which would still be huge). But 99% of their users likely wouldn't do it themselves anyway.

Either way, this is still a huge step in the right direction though!

this post was submitted on 13 Sep 2023
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