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Kamala Picking Governor Walz for VP Is a Win for the Right-to-Repair Movement (gizmodo.com)

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 3 months ago (12 children)

I wonder if they had to exclude farm equipment from the bill to get it passed.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Damn you're right ☹️

The new Minnesota law covers all electronics except farm and construction equipment, video game consoles, specialized cybersecurity tools, motor vehicles and medical devices.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago

Of the things on that list ....why are cyber security tools NOT repairable?! The whole fucking point is to not have security by obscurity

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