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KingDuken t1_j293fk5 wrote

As someone who is a computer engineer for a tech company, I welcome the "Right to Repair" movement. The EU has been the biggest advocate for this. So much so that France has provided an interesting standard called the "French Repairability Index".

I can tell you right now that we, along with our competitors, are currently designing our products to suit these needs for consumer repair.

Perhaps New York should see what the EU is doing as a role model.

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sweetplantveal t1_j29ethk wrote

Yeah the limitations, such as new products built and sold in NY and manufacturers being able to bundle parts (an entire motherboard or drive unit or whatever), means the practical impacts of this are going be very limited.

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Infuryous t1_j2beui4 wrote

Yep, the entire iPhone without the back cover will be a "repair assembly".

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