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Apple, Microsoft, and Google Team Up to Block Right to Repair Laws

posted by janrinok on Friday May 21 2021, @05:26PM   Printer-friendly

takyon writes:

Apple, Google & Microsoft Have Teamed up to Block the Right-to-Repair Law

Apple, Google & Microsoft Have Teamed up to Block the Right-to-Repair Law:

Bloomberg today released a report on how companies like Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, and Google are working together to put a stop to laws that would make it necessary for companies to provide device schematics, genuine repair parts, and repair manuals to independent repair technicians.

Almost 27 states have considered the laws in 2021 alone, but in more than half of them, the laws have been voted down or dismissed. Many lobbyists and trade groups representing tech companies have fought hard against this law with Apple pointing out that such measures could lead to device damage or consumers harming themselves when attempting to repair their devices.

In Washington, for example, Washington House of Representatives Democrat Mia Gregerson sponsored a Right to Repair measure that was fought by Microsoft, Google, Amazon, along with lobbyists representing Apple. Lobbyists later said that Apple would endorse repair programs at local colleges if the bill was dropped.

Also at Bloomberg and MacRumors.

See also: Leaked Apple Documents Inadvertently Helped the Right-to-Repair Movement

Louis Rossmann Starts a GoFundMe to Get "Right to Repair" Legistation Passed Through a Direct Ballot

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:

Louis Rossmann Starts a GoFundMe to Get "Right To Repair" Legistation Passed Through a Direct Ballot Initiative.:

Summary Louis Rossmann, electronics repairman and YouTuber, has started a nonprofit and GoFundMe campaign to fight to get right to repair legislation passed through direct ballot initiatives. For years Louis has talked about the importance of right to repair and how it has become more difficult t...

Right to repair series - Louis Rossmann

An Anonymous Coward writes:

In this series he specifically explains why we need better right to repair laws.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyM7FxEaShI

Original Submission #1  Original Submission #2  Original Submission #3 

Original Submission

 
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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by fustakrakich on Friday May 21 2021, @07:10PM (3 children)

    by fustakrakich (6150) on Friday May 21 2021, @07:10PM (#1137615) Journal

    The repair only cost $200.

    That's outrageous.. It shouldn't cost you a penny.

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  • (Score: 2) by Tork on Friday May 21 2021, @07:20PM (2 children)

    by Tork (3914) on Friday May 21 2021, @07:20PM (#1137619)
    I kind of agree but it's been more than two years.
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    • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 22 2021, @12:14PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 22 2021, @12:14PM (#1137724)

      Two years is not an acceptable total lifetime for a laptop, what is this, the 1990s?

    • (Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Sunday May 23 2021, @05:36PM

      by fustakrakich (6150) on Sunday May 23 2021, @05:36PM (#1137985) Journal

      Batteries shouldn't swell up and threaten to explode, ever. I wish everybody demanded a full refund on the unit. What other way is there to prevent a repeat?

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