Right in Big Tech’s backyard, too.

California passes right-to-repair act guaranteeing seven years of parts for your phone::On September 12th, California passed SB 244 to its state Assembly, becoming the third state to pass a right-to-repair bill.

  • Dave@lemmy.worldEnglish
    412·
    1 year ago

    Misleading headline: it has not yet passed. It passed both the house and senate, but has not been signed by Gavin Newsom.

    • CoderKat@lemm.eeEnglish
      71·
      1 year ago

      To be fair, that’s effectively passed, isn’t it? This isn’t the kind of bill where we’d expect a veto, so getting passed in the house and senate is practically all the work.

    • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.worldEnglish
      32·
      1 year ago

      Surely that’s just a matter of time since he’s not at all beholden to the abusive industry fighting this, right? …Right??