The bill now heads to the governor's desk. It will require manufacturing companies to stop gatekeeping tools and parts necessary for self-repair.

This is great news, and a strong step forward.

A big part of this are the limitations around part pairing. Which often prevents repairs as the parts on the device are paired to each other and do not allow you to swap them out.

Recently this has become a problem even for EUVs like OneWheel. Who lock consumers out of repairing or modifying their devices.

  • The_wild_cardEnglish
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    9 months ago

    There’s 170 computer chips in our cell phones

    There are ? Welp i am rich time to sell most of em and keep 2 or 3