Originally published at: California governor Gavin Newsom signs right-to-repair law | Boing Boing
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Well, he did one good thing this week… : |
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Would have been awfully weird of him to veto a bipartisan law that passed almost unanimously in the legislature and also received the blessing of major corporations like Apple. But I know what you mean.
But WTF, game consoles are exempt from this law?? That’s BS.
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And several shitty things.
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Unfortunately, yes.
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And agriculture equipment?!
Also this part
Although the Right to Repair movement sees this signature as a significant milestone, we are disheartened by Governor Newsom’s decision to veto Senator Dodd’s companion Right to Repair powered wheelchair bill on October 7, citing insurance billing complexities. The need for an accessible approach to repair is evident, and we remain hopeful that the next legislative session will expand on product categories and address issues like parts pairing, electric wheelchairs, and e-bike software.
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So what you’re saying is that the law is really not all that useful?
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Aka John Deere and their tractors-as-a-service scheme. And others.
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Exactly. I haven’t read a whole lot about it, but what I have read sounds like a right to repair is needed to curb some extreme abuses by those companies
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Glad to see we’re not committed to batting zero this week.
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What a shitty happiness!
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Yeah this sounds like the CCPA when it dropped for data privacy. Sounds good on paper as similar to GDPR from Europe, but CCPA has a lot of exemptions and little teeth because the Big Tech lobbyists all got input on it.
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