Minnesota Passes Right to Repair

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56 pointsisaacfrond8 comments

>covers all electronics except video game consoles, cars, medical devices, cybersecurity tools, and farm and construction equipment.

This seems like it explicitly doesn't cover the things that were most important to cover, namely farm equipment and medical devices (that story about cochlear implants from last week comes to mind).

Do laptops and desktops count as 'cyber security' tools? Otherwise, this feels worthless

This might be a "don't let perfect be the enemy of good" situation. It might be that it was too politically risky to include those categories, so they did the next best thing.

So it's far too soon to celebrate.

I think it's okay to celebrate a small victory, but it's also important to remember that we're not done yet, and won't be for a while.

> too politically risky

Is there legislation that isn't politically risky but worth passing?

yes, play the long game

Good day to be a Minnesota hacker.

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