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Five States Are Considering Bills to Legalize the 'Right to Repair' Electronics

The bills are aimed at destroying Apple and other manufacturers' monopoly on repairing your electronics.

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  • AdelleChattre
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    From related link: Won’t someone please think of the bikers?

    The conversion of companies’ commercial preferences into legally enforceable rights has been especially devastating to the repair sector, a huge slice of the US economy, as much as 4% of GDP, composed mostly of small mom-n-pop storefront operations that create jobs right in local communities, because repair is a local business. No one wants to send their car, or even their phone, to China or India for servicing.

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