Texas is the 8th U.S. state to pass an electronics right to repair bill. Also: Maine's legislature guts state's auto right to repair bill. And: Nintendo's Switch 2 is popular...and hard to fix.| fighttorepair.substack.com
Hold on to your hats. As Colorado’s Governor prepares to sign the first right to repair into law in more than a decade, New York legislators may go further: passing a right to repair electronics.| fighttorepair.substack.com
Washington became the 6th U.S. state to enact an electronics right to repair law. Connecticut & Texas may be next. Also: Nintendo’s threat to brick Switch 2s highlights collapse of ownership rights.| fighttorepair.substack.com
A new Consumer Reports survey shows that 7 in 10 Americans want companies to say how long they will support the software that runs their "smart" products.| fighttorepair.substack.com
The FTC's legal complaint against Deere is heavily redacted. But for repair advocates, those redactions say a lot.| fighttorepair.substack.com
Embodied technicians are working on open source software to keep the Moxie robots working after its cloud servers shut down. And: senators call out automakers for opposing right to repair.| fighttorepair.substack.com
A panel at the August DEF CON hacker conference in Las Vegas will highlight the epidemic of abandonware..and a new non-profit seeking to end it. Also: BMW leans back into subscriptions.| fighttorepair.substack.com
Companies regularly get burned by hasty decisions to kill off and brick smart products. But bad PR won't change their behavior. Also: a TikTok-er calls out automakers for locking out repair techs.| fighttorepair.substack.com
Coloradans are reaping the benefits of the state’s newly enacted wheelchair repair law, getting access to software and settings that manufacturers used to exclusively control.| fighttorepair.substack.com
The world's largest phone manufacturer calls for national repair law after California forced their hand. Also: Will the PS5 Slim's activation requirements shorten its lifespan?| fighttorepair.substack.com