29 Dec
2022
29 Dec
'22
12:35 p.m.
The New York governor just signed a rate repair bill. It’s the first one, I
think, and apparently the industry groups came down on her, super hard
after the legislature passed it overwhelmingly. I honestly didn’t expect
she had that chutzpah!
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/12/weakened-right-to-repair-bill-is-si…
Now let’s do one here!
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*Andrew R Gross, (he/him)*
412.657.5332 - shrad.org <http://www.shrad.org>
2 Jan
2 Jan
12:41 p.m.
Update: I didn't realize that this is essentially fake news. Apparently the
governor inserted an amendment to neutralize the entire effect of the bill.
She functionally vetoed it, but passed a non-functioning bill in name only
to try to discourage further activism.
The key change to the bill was to create an exemption if a company claims
it's for safety, but that's the basis for which companies have always
justified their refusal to supply parts and diagrams, so it essentially
means the bill no longer does anything.
Details here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xGBB-717AI
We should still push hard for a right to repair in California. Is anyone
currently involved with such an effort?
*Andrew R Gross, (he/him)*
412.657.5332 - shrad.org <http://www.shrad.org>
On Thu, Dec 29, 2022 at 12:35 PM Andrew R Gross <arg5029(a)gmail.com> wrote:
The New York governor just signed a rate repair bill.
It’s the first one,
I think, and apparently the industry groups came down on her, super hard
after the legislature passed it overwhelmingly. I honestly didn’t expect
she had that chutzpah!
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/12/weakened-right-to-repair-bill-is-si…
Now let’s do one here!
--
*Andrew R Gross, (he/him)*
412.657.5332 - shrad.org <http://www.shrad.org>
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