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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] 13 points 9 months ago (1 children)

which feels like it might be easier if companies are already complying with this

This is part of the California regulation strategy: California is the largest market in the country for many products. It's often cheaper to make things to California standards for everyone than to run two different production lines or facilities or give up California altogether, so we get California approved and labeled things all across the US. It's a nifty feature of the state.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Like the EU, but on a national level

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

If California were to join the EU, it’d be the fifth largest state in the union, right after Spain.