California, the home to many of tech’s biggest companies and the nation’s most populous state, is pushing ahead with a right-to-repair bill for consumer electronics and appliances. After unanimous votes in the state Assembly and Senate, the bill passed yesterday is expected to move through a concurrence vote and be signed by Governor Gavin Newsom.
Still allows for Software blocks/serialization, but small, itty bitty victory I guess.
I sincerely hope this is included in a follow-up bill, because that’s already a big issue and it’ll only get worse.