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1. That is interesting that Apple was against this legislation, because they just started selling

Wed May 25, 2022, 09:37 AM

May 2022

parts for users to fix their own phones

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2022/04/apples-self-service-repair-now-available/

Perhaps Apple did that as a direct result of this legilation.

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California's SB 983, the "Right to Repair" bill, dies in committee [View all] Auggie May 2022 OP

Didn't see that. Thanks for sharing. Auggie May 2022 #4

That was European pressure. hunter May 2022 #5

+1 Auggie May 2022 #8

Hackers had a field day with computers and lots of other things bucolic_frolic May 2022 #2

The bill was aimed to help support small repair shops Auggie May 2022 #3

Our old Kenmore dishwasher keeps on going. hunter May 2022 #6

The old stuff was built well Auggie May 2022 #7

We had an old Kenmore refrigerator about that old. hunter May 2022 #9