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.
They used to make their computers with components that could be upgraded. That stopped a decade ago. Hopefully we’ll get to see products like that again. It would be a refreshing change.