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So then what does it change? Businesses previously and will continue to negate it in practice, sometimes for legitimate reasons and sometimes not. And most of
by MichaelZuo 1y ago
So then what does it change?
Businesses previously and will continue to negate it in practice, sometimes for legitimate reasons and sometimes not. And most of the time nobody outside of a small group will know for sure.
- dcow 1y agoIt makes actively preventing repairs (including via software restriction, which happens today) illegal. It clarifies that it is the responsibility of the company providing the product to in good faith facilitate 3rd party repair of the product by providing parts and documentation fairly. This is sadly not the norm for electronics goods hence the whole movement in the first place.