Oregon OKs right-to-repair bill that bans the blocking of aftermarket parts
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Considering so many exceptions carved out for other devices, it seems like a bill was made for thieves to steal attractive high end gadgets to sell them for parts in the after market.
It certainly doesnt make sense either from consumer standpoint or environmental standpoint considering the amount of exceptions it has added to the list.
Now it’ll be appealing to steal phones again… Great !
If they want to pair parts that's fine, but not providing the calibration software or whatever is NOT.
regarding the exceptions, I think a better situation would be NO exceptions, rather than claim bills like this are useless because of exceptions.
This is such a silly list. Video game consoles are literally no different from iPhones and contain less sensitive data. If your goal is to create less waste this should be an easy win.
God can you imagine how dangerous the roads would be if you could install aftermarket parts in vehicles /s
Since you brought up refrigerant I'll go ahead and point out almost anyone can buy propane anywhere, including kids. It's a great refrigerant, it just can't have any trademark or patent protection.
To compare this to the DRM placed on tech products, I'd need to have a cryptographically signed refrigerant bottle to recharge my AC.