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California passes right-to-repair act guaranteeing seven years of parts for your phone (www.theverge.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The bill outlines three years for products costing $50 to $99.99 and seven years for products priced at $100 or more. The bill will cover electronics and appliances made and sold after July 1st, 2021.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

So we're going to get repair parts available from Xbox and Nintendo? And ways to flash a firmware onto it? It seems hard to imagine what this will look like in practice. It's one thing to see fairphone or framework do it and it's another thing to consider what it looks like for everyone.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Read elsewhere gaming handhelds may be exempt. Unsure if that's accurate.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago (2 children)

The bill text excludes video game consoles completely.

https://legiscan.com/CA/text/SB244/id/2813977

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Special interests at work again.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

FFS of course

That needed to be included as well