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Colorado right-to-repair law covering consumer electronics now in effect (www.denver7.com)
submitted 1 week ago by mesamunefire@piefed.social to c/technology@lemmy.world
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The new law will save the average household around $382 in repairs each year, according to the Colorado Public Interest Research Group.

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[–] Pika@sh.itjust.works 36 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The latest right-to-repair law includes exemptions for marine vessels, aviation, motor vehicles, medical devices, certain safety and security equipment, and video game consoles

Ah so mostly useless for your common everyday items that you would want to repair yourself then. Got it.

edit: well reading the actual I guess a good chunk of household items /could/ be repaired but, the bill seems to have no teeth, and I dislike how loose it is when it comes to actually providing replacement parts. They don't even require releasing schematics or diagnostic tools.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 27 points 1 week ago

Not much to say here other than... FUCK YEAH!

[–] PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

Toothless PR bill to make it look like their legislators are doing something about something

[–] SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The right-to-repair does no good if the device is not designed to BE repaired.

[–] Trilogy3452@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

But then those devices would be harder to manufacture and QA, and probably be more obvious to tge consumer they're less repairable

[–] SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I have been in the appliance repair business for 50 years (half a century)

Motors used to be BOLTED together, now they are GLUED together. I can't re-build motors anymore.

It used to take me a half hour to change the clutch slave cylinder on my truck. Now (newer truck) I have to PULL the transmission to do that. TWO DAYS!

Think of the shareholders.

[–] Buelldozer@lemmy.today 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Motors used to be BOLTED together, now they are GLUED together.

50 years ago you were working on brushed motors with relatively sloppy tolerances, less torque, and more electrical consumption. Today's brushless motors are faster, stronger, lighter, more efficient, and designed to higher tolerances.

It used to take me a half hour to change the clutch slave cylinder on my truck. Now (newer truck) I have to PULL the transmission to do that.

Very few vehicles in the U.S. have a manual transmission and the prevalence of them is decreasing quickly in all western countries. No matter how much we may prefer manuals it's inarguable that modern automatics get better fuel economy, are easier to operate and are often stronger than their manual equivalent.

My point here is that often the same advances that make things better make them more difficult to service.

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 3 points 1 week ago

But they're already manufactured like that.

[–] Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago

A small good news-ish, thanks. A couple of years ago I would have tell you this is far from the minimum that should be done, but hey, in the current fascist dystopia I'll stfu and take it.

[–] GaryGhost@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Id like to fix my own electronics, i bought harbor freight solder and desoldering tools, now i need a diy how to book. Any recommendations?

[–] bluGill@fedia.io 2 points 1 week ago

@GaryGhost@lemmy.world

@mesamunefire@piefed.social go to adafruit or sparkfun (there are others) and pick up a "learn how to solder" kit of a type that looks interesting an put it together. Those kits will have instructions that give you a good chance of success and give you practice. They are also cheap so you don't mess up something expensive if you make a mistake learning.

[–] darkmogool@feddit.org 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The Trump regime will tear it down…

[–] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 days ago

Nothing new under the sun.

Tina Peters can rot.