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Hell Freezes Over as Apple Supports Right-to-Repair Bill

posted by janrinok on Saturday August 26 2023, @04:26PM   

Freeman writes:

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/08/hell-freezes-over-as-apple-supports-right-to-repair-bill/

Somewhere, ol' Beelzebub is putting on his thickest coat because Apple has endorsed a right-to-repair bill, suggesting hell has frozen over. In a letter dated August 22, Apple showed its support for California's right-to-repair bill, SB 244, after spending years combatting DIY repair efforts.

As reported by TechCrunch, the letter, written to California state Senator Susan Eggman, declared that Apple supports SB 244 and urged the legislature to pass it.

[...] The bill has been praised by right-to-repair activists like iFixit, who says the bill goes further than right-to-repair laws passed in Minnesota and New York. Minnesota's law was considered the most all-encompassing right-to-repair legislation yet. Some activists, though, lamented that companies aren't required to sell parts and tools for devices not actively sold. California's bill, however, keeps vendors on the hook for three years after the last date of manufacture if the product is $50 to $99.99 and seven years if it's over $99.99.

The bill also allows a city, county, or state to bring a related case to superior court rather than only a state attorney general, as noted by iFixit's blog post Wednesday.

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• Warranty for purchased government officialWarranty for purchased government official (Score: 3, Interesting) by canopic jug on Monday August 28 2023, @02:35PM (1 child)

  by canopic jug (3949) on Monday August 28 2023, @02:35PM (#1322175) Journal

  Just be sure that when you buy one, that the purchase comes with proper warranty [sjgames.com].

  _{(That was floating around Usenet for ages, but any old mentions of it cannot be found easily.)}

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  In all seriousness, Right to Repair did hire at least one full-time lobbyist and that seems to be making the difference.

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• Re:Warranty for purchased government official(Score: 2) by Reziac on Monday August 28 2023, @03:08PM

  by Reziac (2489) on Monday August 28 2023, @03:08PM (#1322179) Homepage

  Well, if the manufacturer won't honor the extended warranty, you can always recycle the gov't official. Pigs need to eat too.

  Aha! a lobbyist! we should have known!!

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  [I hadn't seen the warranty claim. Thanks for making my day!]

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