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Calif. passes strongest right-to-repair bill yet, requiring 7 years of parts (arstechnica.com)

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California, the home to many of tech's biggest companies and the nation's most populous state, is pushing ahead with a right-to-repair bill for consumer electronics and appliances. After unanimous votes in the state Assembly and Senate, the bill passed yesterday is expected to move through a concurrence vote and be signed by Governor Gavin Newsom.

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[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Fortunately, "fair and reasonable" is left to the courts, not the AG, so it should be harder for them to get away with pricing nonsense.

I'm more worried about software blocks (e.g. serialization of parts so many can't just be dropped in), but hopefully there's enough room in the law for a judge to set appropriate precedence.