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California Lawmakers Unanimously Pass Right to Repair Legislation (www.404media.co)
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Summary

  • The California state assembly has unanimously passed a bill that would require electronics manufacturers to sell repair tools and parts to consumers and to make repair guides available to the general public.

  • The bill, known as the "Right to Repair" bill, previously passed the state Senate and now has the support of Apple, a longtime opponent of the legislation.

  • If the bill is signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom, it would be a victory not just for Californians but for consumers everywhere.

  • California would become the third state to pass right to repair legislation for consumer electronics, after New York and Minnesota passed laws earlier this year.

  • The bill is seen as a victory for consumers and environmentalists, who argue that it will allow people to repair their own devices and reduce electronic waste.

Additional Details

  • The bill was supported by a coalition of consumer groups, environmentalists, and small business owners.

  • The bill's supporters argued that it would be better for the environments and save them money on repairs.

  • Apple supported bills after having spent millions of dollars against it.

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[-] alcamtar@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago

Apple probably figured away to make more money this way

[-] swab148@startrek.website 23 points 1 year ago

Those tools and parts are NOT going to be cheap.

[-] pHr34kY@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

Microsoft just started selling spare parts for an xbox controller.

Fixing a drifting thumbstick is 80% the cost of a new controller in parts alone. You can fix it for $5 if you go aftermarket and are happy desoldering over 10 points to remove it.

[-] amju_wolf@pawb.social 6 points 1 year ago

Which, as I understand it, is kinda the point of the bills too. As in, if there is documentation and it's reasonably easy to dis- and re-assemble, there can be a (bigger) market for spare parts.

[-] pHr34kY@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

The problem is that the thumbsticks are soldered onto the motherboard. Microsoft's "fix" is replacing the whole motherboard, when the sticks should really be swappable.

In a Nintendo Switch, the sticks are held in by screws and connect via a ZIF connector.

[-] amju_wolf@pawb.social 2 points 1 year ago

OIC, makes sense.

[-] ma11en@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

To diagnose the fault you need a MacBook Pro Engineer Edition $10,000, Diagnostic Software $10,000 and Diagnostic Cable $10,000.

Then there's the annual subscription to be able to buy parts , guess how much?

[-] Lepsea@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago

Don't forget the new and improved $50 Apple I Polishing Cloth 2 Pro

[-] rmuk@feddit.uk 4 points 1 year ago

They also do a non-Pro version but it can only polish at one-tenth the speed.

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