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This is fantastic news but I'm hesitant to get excited about it yet. If it gets out of committee then it's a reason to celebrate. A bill "for the farmers" is
by mikece 5y ago
This is fantastic news but I'm hesitant to get excited about it yet. If it gets out of committee then it's a reason to celebrate. A bill "for the farmers" is an essential first step getting Right To Repair legislation; if this were to become law then getting similar measures passed for cars and eventually computers, phones, game consoles, and any/all personal electronics becomes easier. I'm looking forward to Louis Rossmann's comments on this!
- babypuncher 5y agoI am worried the bill is too narrow in scope. "Help the farmers" is a great rallying call to gain broad bipartisan support for the right to repair movement. I think that if we pass a bill that only helps the farmers, the rest of the movement will slowly wither away.
- rtkwe 5y agoI'm of two minds on it. First it's good to see RtR finally making some possible progress but at the same time scoping it to farmers initially gives up some leverage that could maybe be used to get general RtR to actually pass. By solving the problem for farmers you get rid of one of the big stories behind RtR that appeals to the Republican world view.