Apple Is Lobbying Against Your Right to Repair iPhones, New York State

["Dave Farber" <dave () farber net>]

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From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren () vortex com>
Date: Thu, May 18, 2017 at 11:57 PM
Subject: [ NNSquad ] Apple Is Lobbying Against Your Right to Repair
iPhones, New York State
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Apple Is Lobbying Against Your Right to Repair iPhones, New York State

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/apple-is-lobbying-against-your-right-to-repair-iphones-new-york-state-records-confirm

        Lobbying records in New York state show that Apple, Verizon,
        and the tech industry's largest trade organizations are
        opposing a bill that would make it easier for consumers and
        independent companies to repair your electronics.  The bill,
        called the "Fair Repair Act," would require electronics
        companies to sell replacement parts and tools to the general
        public, would prohibit "software locks" that restrict repairs,
        and in many cases would require companies to make repair
        guides available to the public. Apple and other tech giants
        have been suspected of opposing the legislation in many of the
        11 states where similar bills have been introduced, but New
        York's robust lobbying disclosure laws have made information
        about which companies are hiring lobbyists and what bills
        they're spending money on public record.

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