Colorado Passes Its Third ‘Right To Repair’ Bill
Colorado Passes Its Third ‘Right To Repair’ Bill
Despite the best efforts of automakers and companies like Apple, states continue to push forward with popular “right to repair” reforms that make it easier and more affordable for consu…
Colorado has recreational weed and is in full support of right to repair? Well damn, if I ever have to move, I know where I'll likely be going!
Meh, the weed thing isn't that exciting anymore, I'm in Baltimore and pass five dispensaries on the way to work now.
Thanks Colorado, for breaking through for the rest of us though.
Denver Metro is on par with the cost of living of San Diego Metro. Lots of people agreed with you already and moved here.
Pretty much any state thats not overrun with conservative assbags has legal weed at this point. The entire eastern sea-board is flush.
Please don't come here for weed
If you haven't done one yet you'll never be more proud of yourself than replacing your own phone screen.
I've honestly never shattered a phone screen in 15-ish years of having a phone. I've also never needed a new battery.
But I've watched many hours of videos about doing it, so I'm ready. And I'm happy that it's a possibility for so many people that need it.
Man, I live right next door in Utah, and we don't get any of the cool stuff. No legal weed (we have medical though), no right to repair, our "Idaho stop" law is worse, and no baseball team or football team. But at least we're getting a hockey team, so I guess that's cool.
Good on you Colorado, maybe someday my state will be cool. But instead, we pass stupid anti-porn, anti-social media, and anti-trans laws (but at least the people are rising up against the anti-trans law).
And weird liquor laws as well. Epic Brewing has a beer called Escape to Colorado because they could not make it in Utah. Also love that state it’s so pretty
Yeah! Let me repair all my semiautomatic dildos already!!
Umm... How many did you
collectbreak?
Cool, I feel like there are probably some loopholes but its a step in the right direction.
My only concern is that having different laws for each state may make it hard for companies to comply and it may even lead to "location locked" devices.
I doubt it, they'll probably just go for the least common denominator, which is generally what happens with California's laws (I see lots of "this may cause cancer in California" warnings on stuff, and I've never lived in Cali). Or the USB-C thing on iPhones due to EU laws and cookie banners due to EU and Cali laws.
That would only be a concern if Colorado is the only market since they're pretty small, but we're seeing traction in other states, so we're more likely to see companies just roll out most things to most states.
They will likely discriminate a bit if you don't live in one of the states (e.g. on warranties), but I doubt they'll have a state filter for parts and whatnot because that probably costs more than just rolling it out to everyone.
My only concern is that having different laws for each state may make it hard for companies to comply and it may even lead to “location locked” devices.
Given how difficult it is to pass consumer protection laws without lots of loopholes, it's possible that the different laws in each region could work to our advantage: A corporation might sensibly decide to observe all the protections globally, rather than exploiting regional exceptions and loopholes, making the patchwork of laws act almost like a whole blanket. That wouldn't be legally enforced, of course, but it would be better than nothing.
In principle, all these state laws could also inform creation of a single, more comprehensive federal law. Here's hoping.
yes. yeeees.
Gosh I wish that Denver were a bigger city. Colorado really is a lovely place.
It takes 20 miles to bike out of Denver. Are you carbrained or just ill informed?
If Denver were Manhattan, it would be Manhattan, not Denver.