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iFixit Lashes Out at Apple Over ‘Parts Pairing’ Stance
Apple’s attempt to fight parts pairing rules in a new right to repair law has drawn the ire of iFixit for how it could affect third parties.
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Surprise! Apple Says It Supports America’s Right to Repair Now
The right-to-repair movement’s biggest villain said it would prefer federal repair rules over a patchwork of ‘confusing’ state laws.
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California’s Massive Right-to-Repair Law Leaves Carveout for Video Game Consoles
California might soon become the state to be in if you want to finally repair your home electronics, but your busted console will still be off limits, as a new law makes specific exemptions for all video game electronics. On Wednesday, California passed one of the nation’s most stringent and wide-reaching right-to-repair laws in the…
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New York’s Right-to-Repair Law: Hopeful Start, or ‘Functionally Useless?’
It’s official: New York State now wields one of the country’s hardest fought right-to-repair legislations on the books. The law, signed into law in the final days of 2022 by Governor Kathy Hochul, will finally go into effect on July 1, 2023 following over a years worth of skirmishes between lawmakers, repair advocates and device…