Thanks in part to your support, the right to repair is now law in Washington.Gov. Bob Ferguson signed two bills guaranteeing Washingtonians' right to access tools, parts, and information so they can fix personal electronics, appliances, and wheelchairs. This is the epitome of common-sense...
  • pdxfed@lemmy.worldEnglish
    72·
    2 months ago

    The carve outs were so enormous due to industry lobby it’s an embarrassment and crosses the “locks in more future harm than good it releases” threshold:

    …Game consoles, Smart home devices, biometric security, Farm equipment, off-road gear, EV chargers, routers, modems, medical devices, set-top boxes, and a ton of industrial stuff…

    • teawrecks@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      5·
      2 months ago

      I was curious about a source on this. I believe I found the final bill here. Lawyers correct me if I’m wrong. But section 5 indeed has a slew of carveouts for basically everything you would want this bill to cover:

      • emergency communications equipment
      • medical devices
      • motor vehicles or equipment
      • life safety systems
      • farm or agricultural equipment
      • video game consoles
      • solar panels or batteries (in hilariously generic yet vague wording: “power generation or storage equipment and certain products that store electrical energy and transmit the energy after storage; products that generate or store electrical energy from solar radiation;”)
      • and more

      Lame.