California, the home to many of tech’s biggest companies and the nation’s most populous state, is pushing ahead with a right-to-repair bill for consumer electronics and appliances. After unanimous votes in the state Assembly and Senate, the bill passed yesterday is expected to move through a concurrence vote and be signed by Governor Gavin Newsom.
They can see the wind turning. Instead of fighting the current, they’ll just try and steer the ship where they want it now.
They used to make their computers with components that could be upgraded. That stopped a decade ago. Hopefully we’ll get to see products like that again. It would be a refreshing change.