Right to repair win for consumers, shops, climate

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Readers of a certain age may remember tagging along with dad for a trip to an electronic supply shop to pick up a replacement vacuum tube for the family TV set.

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For more than a decade, Congress and legislatures in all 50 states have considered legislation that would restore some level of a right to repair for a range of consumer products, including smartphones and other electronic devices, motor vehicles that are increasingly computer-controlled and tractors and other farm equipment.

U.S. Rep. Marie Glusenkamp Perez, D-Wash., introduced legislation last year that would have given the Federal Trade Commission authority to regulate the practices of original manufacturers to allow customers or repair shops to install replacement parts and issue information to facilitate those repairs.

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Washington state may be the closest it’s been to adopting similar legislation with House Bill 1483, sponsored by Rep. Mia Gregerson, D-SeaTac. The bill, which passed the House, 94-1, would require original manufacturers of digital electronic products to make parts, tools, schematics and other documentation available to independent repair providers on fair and reasonable terms beginning Jan. 1, 2026.

https://www.heraldnet.com/opinion/editorial-right-to-repair-win-for-consumers-shops-climate/

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1. Many manufacturers make things to break so they need to be repaired or replaced over and over and over.

Who’s going throw out a $3000 refrigerator or W/D set every 3 years?