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We excluded autos because the Massachusetts auto right to repair bill (most recently updated in November) covers this, and there's a nationwide MOU. Tesla is the only manufacturer that has not signed this MOU.

There is a lawsuit around that ballot initiative, and iFixit and EFF just filed an Amicus on Monday supporting the law. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/06/eff-files-amicus-brief...

Sometimes it's better to fight the giants one arena at a time.

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What about farm vehicles?

What about "digital electronic product"? Doesn't that exclude phones and laptops?

There's no comma after that phrase indicating that it's a separate item in the list.

I believe that is intended to be read as "digital electronic product or embedded software found in medical settings."

After all, the description of what the bill does apply to is "digital electronic equipment". Interpreting it to apply to "equipment" but not "products" doesn't really make sense.

Correct. That exemption is for medical equipment.

California's Right to Repair bill, which got very close to passing this year, was solely focused on medical equipment. https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billStatusClient.xh...

What you said does not make any sense. What's the problem if the law is overlapping ?

Instead of fighting the auto industry giants over this bill, they left them out - that way they can focus on fighting the info industry giants.

The auto industry giants are still being fought - just not over this bill.

I think that if the laws overlap it will be opposed by multiple industry giants and will be harder to pass. At least that’s what it seems from the post above.

Divide and conquer. Attack each enemy on a separate front.

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