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California passes right-to-repair act guaranteeing seven years of parts for your phone (www.theverge.com)

submitted 1 year ago by JVT038@feddit.nl to c/technology

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The bill outlines three years for products costing $50 to $99.99 and seven years for products priced at $100 or more. The bill will cover electronics and appliances made and sold after July 1st, 2021.

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[–] Hello_there@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So we're going to get repair parts available from Xbox and Nintendo? And ways to flash a firmware onto it? It seems hard to imagine what this will look like in practice. It's one thing to see fairphone or framework do it and it's another thing to consider what it looks like for everyone.

[–] holycrapwtfatheism@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Read elsewhere gaming handhelds may be exempt. Unsure if that's accurate.