California’s new right to repair law fails to stop the ‘parts pairing’ loophole
Companies including Apple use a little-known technique to make third-party repairs harder than they need to be.
California last week finally passed a sweeping new “right to repair” law that should make it much easier to fix your smartphone or laptop when it breaks. Enacted by Governor Gavin Newsom on Wednesday, the Right to Repair Act makes California the third state to pass a broad right to repair law, after New York, which passed a similar measure last year, and Minnesota, which passed its version in May.
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