bleue_shirt_guy
bleue_shirt_guy t1_j24szxy wrote
Reply to comment by imakenosensetopeople in New York breaks the right to repair bill as it’s signed into law | The bill was signed by NY governor Kathy Hochul on December 28th, making New York the first US state to broadly protect a consumer’s right to repair their own tech. by chrisdh79
NY fucked up the bill by putting the following in it: "...allows for original equipment manufacturers to provide assemblies of parts rather than the original components when the risk of improper installation heightens the risk of injury." The problem is that mfgs will default to saying it heightens injury allowing them to only sell assemblies, which often cost ~75% of the hardware, making repair by 3rd party companies unprofitable.
The fight has been to get access to the constituent compoents like screens (minus the bezel, connectors, etc) or the the individual chips instead of having to buy the entire main board or power board.
So now Hochel and the NY government will pat herself on the back like they accomplished something when they did nothing to improve the situation.
bleue_shirt_guy t1_j24t5gi wrote
Reply to comment by Castle6169 in New York breaks the right to repair bill as it’s signed into law | The bill was signed by NY governor Kathy Hochul on December 28th, making New York the first US state to broadly protect a consumer’s right to repair their own tech. by chrisdh79
That's the problem, it dosen't, they can say it's a "safety concern" and only sell assemblies making 3rd party repair unprofitable.