https://gizmodo.com/kamala-picking-governor-walz-for-vp-is-a-win-for-the-right-to-repair-movement-2000483709
The Minnesota governor signed one of the country’s most consequential and expansive laws aimed at helping people fix their own stuff.
https://pirg.org/edfund/resources/smart-washing-machines-are-dumb/
For a machine designed to pour water on clothes and spin them around, “smart” washing machines are over-engineered and inconvenient.
https://pluralistic.net/2023/09/22/vin-locking/
https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/13/23871712/california-right-to-repair-act-sb-244
Right in Big Tech’s backyard, too.
https://hackaday.com/2023/09/09/when-tail-lights-lose-touch-with-reality/
To study the history of the automobile is to also be a student of technological progress — as with each decade’s models come new innovations to make them better handling, more corrosion…
https://www.iowapublicradio.org/agriculture/2023-08-28/midwest-farmers-arent-allowed-to-fix-their-own-tractors-and-many-right-to-repair-bills-are-stalled
Farmers and ranchers across the Midwest say regulation is the only path forward to fixing their own equipment. But there’s been strong opposition to right to repair legislation, as manufacturers argue they’ve provided pathways for quick repairs.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/08/mcdonalds-ice-cream-machine-teardown-shows-error-codes-dmca-keep-it-broken/
Public Knowledge and iFixit want the right to repair commercial kitchen gear.
https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/23/23843506/apple-california-right-to-repair-sb-244
Apple supports SB 244.
https://www.wcvb.com/article/nhtsa-massachusetts-right-to-repair-law-agreement/44882316
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