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

submitted 11 months ago by RidgeRoad@midwest.social to c/righttorepair@midwest.social

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[–] DrQuickbeam@lemmy.world 40 points 11 months ago (12 children)

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

[–] USSMojave@startrek.website 20 points 11 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.

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 11 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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