Submitted 6 hours ago by mesamunefire@piefed.social to technology@lemmy.world
The new law will save the average household around $382 in repairs each year, according to the Colorado Public Interest Research Group.
The latest right-to-repair law includes exemptions for marine vessels, aviation, motor vehicles, medical devices, certain safety and security equipment, and video game consoles
Ah so mostly useless for your common everyday items then. Got it.
Not much to say here other than… FUCK YEAH!
A small good news-ish, thanks. A couple of years ago I would have tell you this is far from the minimum that should be done, but hey, in the current fascist dystopia I’ll stfu and take it.
The right-to-repair does no good if the device is not designed to BE repaired.
But then those devices would be harder to manufacture and QA, and probably be more obvious to tge consumer they’re less repairable
I have been in the appliance repair business for 50 years (half a century)
Motors used to be BOLTED together, now they are GLUED together. I can’t re-build motors anymore.
It used to take me a half hour to change the clutch slave cylinder on my truck. Now (newer truck) I have to PULL the transmission to do that. TWO DAYS!
Think of the shareholders.
Id like to fix my own electronics, i bought harbor freight solder and desoldering tools, now i need a diy how to book. Any recommendations?
PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
Toothless PR bill to make it look like their legislators are doing something about something