State-by-state is the best approach for right to repair, says advocacy leader
(2024/04/27)
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Interview There's a lot of momentum behind the right-to-repair movement, and if anyone should know, it'd be Gay Gordon-Byrne, executive director of the Repair Association and longtime repairability advocate.
We spoke with Gordon-Byrne, in an interview you can watch below, to get a sense of the state of the right-to-repair movement in light of the [1]passage of EU repairability laws and news out of Colorado that the state senate [2]approved an expanded right to repair rule.
[3]Youtube Video
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"The EU does a much better job, I think, of making requirements on manufacturers related to design. And we're terrible at that here in the US," Gordon-Byrne told us. But combine Europe's approach with US state laws on expanding access to parts and documentation, and the effect "will be very powerful," she predicts.
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Think Apple's decision to switch to [6]USB-C for iPhones - the EU drove that. America is a different beast, however, and it may be more feasible to push for repairability at the state rather than the federal level.
"We looked at … trying to do something nationally right out of the gate back in 2010," Gordon-Byrne said, and that approach failed. State-wide restrictions, which tend to give officials the ability to revoke licenses and make doing business harder, on the other hand, have been quite effective.
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"We've learned from that experience and saying, hey, you know, we need more bills, we need more state laws," Gordon-Byrne told us. To that end, "things have been racing along so quickly in the past six months that it's really become hard for us to keep track," she added. ®
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[1] https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/24/europe_repair_rights_directive/
[2] https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb24-1121
[3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iz-1NpT0Pp8
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[6] https://www.theregister.com/2022/10/27/apple_usbc/
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We spoke with Gordon-Byrne, in an interview you can watch below, to get a sense of the state of the right-to-repair movement in light of the [1]passage of EU repairability laws and news out of Colorado that the state senate [2]approved an expanded right to repair rule.
[3]Youtube Video
[4]
"The EU does a much better job, I think, of making requirements on manufacturers related to design. And we're terrible at that here in the US," Gordon-Byrne told us. But combine Europe's approach with US state laws on expanding access to parts and documentation, and the effect "will be very powerful," she predicts.
[5]
Think Apple's decision to switch to [6]USB-C for iPhones - the EU drove that. America is a different beast, however, and it may be more feasible to push for repairability at the state rather than the federal level.
"We looked at … trying to do something nationally right out of the gate back in 2010," Gordon-Byrne said, and that approach failed. State-wide restrictions, which tend to give officials the ability to revoke licenses and make doing business harder, on the other hand, have been quite effective.
[7]
"We've learned from that experience and saying, hey, you know, we need more bills, we need more state laws," Gordon-Byrne told us. To that end, "things have been racing along so quickly in the past six months that it's really become hard for us to keep track," she added. ®
Get our [8]Tech Resources
[1] https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/24/europe_repair_rights_directive/
[2] https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb24-1121
[3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iz-1NpT0Pp8
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[6] https://www.theregister.com/2022/10/27/apple_usbc/
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