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The site’s teardown showed the company’s engineers “spared at least some thought” to making it something you can fix yourself, ultimately giving it a middling score.
One thing is for sure: it is a suitcase-shaped electric scooter.
The company “reaffirm”-ed its support for the bill, SB 542, and released a white paper about its “approach to repair,” as spelled out in a blog post. Google couldn’t resist a swipe at Apple, which has been criticized for its parts pairing practices:
We also do not require burdensome parts pairing or registration, meaning that a properly installed screen or battery will work no matter who is doing the repair. This accessibility is table-stakes, as far as we are concerned.
Apple stunned the world when it came out in support of California’s right-to-repair law. But software locks and other obstacles seem to signal that the fight is far from over.
Apple is going to announce on Tuesday that it will offer independent repair shops parts, tools, and documentation for Apple product repairs “at fair and reasonable prices” across the country, according to Reuters, which cites the White House.
The White House is hosting a right-to-repair event at 3:30pm ET, so it seems like that’s the place where this will be announced.
According to Monarch Tractor CEO Praveen Penmetsa, the problem right now is that farmers “cannot let somebody monkey with [their] emissions equipment that is not certified to do so.” He argues that if the industry moves to electric and zero emissions, then its not a question of emission equipment anymore.
The House just introduced the Agricultural Right to Repair Act. We’ll see how far it gets.
The bill, introduced in the House, is called the Agriculture Right to Repair Act, as reported by 404 Media — meaning it shares the same name as a similar bill introduced in the Senate last year. Hopefully this House version gets off the ground.
