It also comes with typical carveouts for video game consoles, medical devices, HVAC equipment, energy storage, various kinds of engines… and electric toothbrushes.
Like California and Minnesota’s laws, it wouldn’t apply to phones sold before July 1st, 2021.
The ban on parts pairing wouldn’t apply to any existing device, though — only consumer electronics manufactured after January 1st, 2025.
Apple came out against Oregon’s right-to-repair bill ahead of those votes, even though it eventually wound up supporting the California one.
We spoke with iFixit CEO Kyle Weins about parts pairing, and how the fight for right-to-repair was just getting started, on this October episode of The Vergecast:
Today, Weins says he’s “beyond proud of my home state for passing the strongest-yet electronics Right to Repair bill.”
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It also comes with typical carveouts for video game consoles, medical devices, HVAC equipment, energy storage, various kinds of engines… and electric toothbrushes.
Like California and Minnesota’s laws, it wouldn’t apply to phones sold before July 1st, 2021.
The ban on parts pairing wouldn’t apply to any existing device, though — only consumer electronics manufactured after January 1st, 2025.
Apple came out against Oregon’s right-to-repair bill ahead of those votes, even though it eventually wound up supporting the California one.
We spoke with iFixit CEO Kyle Weins about parts pairing, and how the fight for right-to-repair was just getting started, on this October episode of The Vergecast:
Today, Weins says he’s “beyond proud of my home state for passing the strongest-yet electronics Right to Repair bill.”
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