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Oregon governor signs nation’s first right-to-repair bill that bans parts pairing (arstechnica.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 92 points 7 months ago (61 children)

Parts pairing is prohibited only on devices sold in 2025 and later. And there are carve-outs for certain kinds of electronics and devices, including video game consoles, medical devices, HVAC systems, motor vehicles, and—as with other states—"electric toothbrushes."

What’s a good-faith argument for exempting these devices? Or was it simply successful lobbying in protecting corporate interests.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The goal of the bill was to get something with teeth passed. Fighting every lobby at once would be impossible, so they leave those devices out of it and will now be able to work on different laws for those things. At least that’s what I read they’re doing for the John Deere stuff at least. The legislators know it’s going to be a difficult battle, so they segmented the law to make it so that a failure in one spot wouldn’t cause a loss everywhere.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Heh. Teeth.

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