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FliPhisher t1_j293m9i wrote

For me, the 'I have nothing to hide' argument doesn't get me to the point where I'm willing to allow a monitoring device in my home. It gives me the heevie jeevies and I have noticed over the years that I have started doing a little mental 'check' before I say something or when I'm singing to myself or being silly- 'who else is hearing this?'. It's not good for us as a species.

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SneakySnk t1_j292tw5 wrote

You don't need permission to DIY, but you don't have permission to buy the required parts and you don't get access to schematics that can help you repair it (something that was the standard, years ago).

This bill was going to make so that you could get any part you wanted, and they changed a line making it useless.

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Bussaca t1_j291i9r wrote

Empty words and platitudes. The Bill doesnt have any teeth. It doesnt cover electric cars, dosent cover farm equipment, and definately only goes into effect for products sold in 2023. So you still cant make apple sell you parts to fix your phone you bought this year.

They could have set the standard but instead literally virtue signalled and did nothing. But hey we did "something" that counts right? NO IT DOESNT. Is it a step in the right direction sure, but its not even a babystep.

Where are the environmentalists, climate changers, green new dealers, right to repair is your greatest win for sustainability. Planned obsolescence and disposable economics are the the greatest problems. All those carbons created making electric cars when you could just sell refit kits updating your already good car. Whats wrong with your phone? Screen cracked, better get another 700 dollar phone. Tv broke? Take it to the tv repair guy and fix it for 50 bucks, nope buy another 500 dollar one. Oh and that guy went out of buisness 20 years ago when Amazon made sure the disposable economy was cemented into reality.

Its such shit. But hey go NY.. you did something....a 10th right..

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