progo isn't boiling in NYC on Nostr: This is pretty big, if it doesn't get beaten down in a court battle or something. > ...
This is pretty big, if it doesn't get beaten down in a court battle or something.
> Oregon governor signs nation’s first right-to-repair bill that bans parts pairing
> Starting in 2025, devices can't block repair parts with software-pairing checks.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/03/oregon-governor-signs-nations-first-right-to-repair-bill-that-bans-part-pairing/
This is one of the things Rossmann has been harping on for years: The right to personally swap new parts into a device without being stopped by "this isn't the part that used to be here!"
> Oregon governor signs nation’s first right-to-repair bill that bans parts pairing
> Starting in 2025, devices can't block repair parts with software-pairing checks.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/03/oregon-governor-signs-nations-first-right-to-repair-bill-that-bans-part-pairing/
This is one of the things Rossmann has been harping on for years: The right to personally swap new parts into a device without being stopped by "this isn't the part that used to be here!"