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Oregon Passes 'Right to Repair' Law With Extra Cojones: Oregon’s “right to repair” bill, which now only needs the governor’s signature before it becomes law, has teeth not found in similar legislation (fossforce.com)

submitted 8 months ago by silence7@slrpnk.net to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] CaptainProton@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It's Oregon, with a population of a whopping 4 million across the entire state, so you know what, maybe actually cheaper to cut the state off than to establish DIY supply chain for repairs parts that will undercut your whole product portfolio.

[–] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Good luck cutting off Oregon from hardware available in the rest of the states. Cutting off one state poses the same issue as gun legislation or sugar tax in a specific city, people just go to the next state over. And you very likely can’t just say “well sorry, that wasn’t sold in Oregon so that law doesn’t apply.”

They’d need to kill off the entire US market.

[–] CaptainProton@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

They just need to provide zero customer support, no updates to IP addresses in Oregon, etc. No need to prevent people from using devices they own, just stop transacting.