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Right To Repair

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Throwing a wrench into the gears of planned obsolescence.

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California Passes Right-to-Repair Act Guaranteeing Seven Years of Parts for Your Phone. (www.theverge.com)
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[–] SkepticElliptic@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

This has been the issue with similar laws for automotive parts. Technically by law they have to make parts available for 10 years iirc. However, they don't have to make them affordable.