The United States’ first right-to-repair law for electronics passes in New York

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New York is now the first state in the US to pass a right-to-repair law specifically for electronics. This week, the legislation passed the NY State Senate overwhelmingly in favor 59 to 4 and passed the Assembly 145 to 1. “The bill is the most expansive consumer rights legislation to pass in the United States in recent memory”, as per Vice. The new law called the Digital Fair Repair Act applies to all consumer electronics’ companies and will require these companies to sell repair parts, tools, and provide repair documentation under “fair and reasonable terms”. Some companies like Apple...

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