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The right to repair is one of those things that shouldn’t be controversial but somehow is.

It's not controversial. Everyone knows the bill NY passed was a joke, from the voters to the legislature to the lobbyists.

I think Louis Rossmann said they'd worked on that bill for over 7 years, desperately trying to keep it from being compromised into oblivion. Then, on the eve of passage, the legislature amended away everything that mattered in it by adding an exception big enough to drive a... John Deere tractor through, and the governor (who was part of the process) quickly signed it into law. https://youtu.be/k9kXnm9uW5k . Keywords from the video: "Nicholas Cage Lord of War Supply Chain", "malicious compliance".

Indeed. The game is rigged. The US became an oligarchy. Lobbyists get their way at the expense of everyone.

I don't see much recourse, other than substantial and continued boycotts for all companies pushing this garbage.

I am not buying mobile phones anymore, since my last one broke due to overheating, and in spite of the warranty terms not forbidding custom ROMs they did not honor it.

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