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tl;dr Kathy Hochul sabotaged the version of the bill passed by the state legislature so that it requires only what Apple and Samsung are already doing

The version that came out of the legislature would have required OEMs to sell individual components instead of only larger assemblies. For example, if something on a macbook board breaks they have to sell the individual component. Currently Apple/Samsung require you to buy the whole board for several hundred dollars

reading between the lines here it's likely that Hochul was lobbied by the listed OEMs and NY law allows the governor to make sweeping changes to a bill before signing it (for some reason?? doesn't seem very pro-democracy to me). Video title should be "Kathy Hochul Sabotages Right to Repair Bill"

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Mind-blowing that you can have a rare nearly-unanimous decision be reached at a time when agreement is hard to come by, and it still won't get through.

That's NY State politics for as old as time.

Cuomo was famous for pulling this kind of shit regularly, like with the bi-partisan passed E-bike law he vetoed, because he had grudges against sponsors of bills or because they didn't come to him personally and "kiss the ring"[1].

Hochul has proved in short time to be every bit as rotten as her predecessor. Just without the grab-ass.

[1]: trade political favors in exchange for him not vetoing your bill.

> for several hundred dollars

more to the dangerous point: for whatever amount they choose, even if they are specifically pricing it to make repair unreasonable.

>(for some reason?? doesn't seem very pro-democracy to me).

Pretty sure that the legislature agreed to the amendment. So the blame should be equally shared by everyone. And democrats wonder why they lose seats in NY.

Corruption is a bipartisan endeavor, particularly in New York and Chicago. But it must be said that it was made wholly legal by W Supreme Court appointees.

They lost them because of massive population loss over the last few years.

They lost them in terms of population, and the lost them in terms of party flips. The primary reason Republicans have a slim Majority in the next session of the US House is party flips in NY and FL

There were also a couple seats in CA the left expected to take from the right and failed to do so. The right in CA figured out they need to ballot harvest (it is legal here).

>>Pretty sure that the legislature agreed to the amendment.

Pretty sure the legislature is not currently in session and could not have "agreed" which to most people would be voting on, the amendments to the law.

"I am pleased to have reached an agreement with the legislature to address these issues," Hochul wrote.

Yes I am aware of what she said. You have yet to provide what that means, clearly no vote took place as they are not in session. So how did the legislature agree, under what law, rule, or mechanism was this agreement reached.

I have yet to see anyone explain that, they just keel quoting the governor which has zero meaning and given I do not trust the governor I have not reason to trust that statement

Basically you want all the blame to fall to her because she's a Democrat whereas the legislator is mixed.

The state legislatures in NY are Democrat super majorities. As of Jan. 1 the Assembly will still be majority Democrat but will no longer be a super majority. Super majority meaning the Party can pass any legislation they want and the minority cannot do anything to counter.

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