RidgeRoad@midwest.socialM to Right To Repair@midwest.socialEnglish · 1 month agoKamala Picking Governor Walz for VP Is a Win for the Right-to-Repair Movementgizmodo.comexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1479arrow-down19
arrow-up1470arrow-down1external-linkKamala Picking Governor Walz for VP Is a Win for the Right-to-Repair Movementgizmodo.comRidgeRoad@midwest.socialM to Right To Repair@midwest.socialEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-squarebrisklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up41·1 month ago The Minnesota law covers all electronics except cybersecurity tools, video game consoles, cars, medical devices, and farm equipment. Wow, not to suggest that this bill isn’t better than the alternative, but those are some awful exclusions. A lot of the early right to repair movement came out of farm equipment, and medical devices are the most obvious need for rules like this.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 month agoBeing some of the most threatened categories of things is no doubt why they were excluded.
Wow, not to suggest that this bill isn’t better than the alternative, but those are some awful exclusions.
A lot of the early right to repair movement came out of farm equipment, and medical devices are the most obvious need for rules like this.
Being some of the most threatened categories of things is no doubt why they were excluded.