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Calif. passes strongest right-to-repair bill yet, requiring 7 years of parts (arstechnica.com)
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[–] Goronmon@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

“Electronic or appliance product” or “product” does not include any of the following:
(i) Equipment or repair parts as defined in Chapter 28 (commencing with Section 22900) of Division 8 of the Business and Professions Code.
(ii) A product or component of an “alarm system” as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 7590.1 of the Business and Professions Code, including a fire protection system, as defined in the California Fire Code.
(iii) A video game console.

Funny seeing such a specific exclusion being made here.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

And boy do they take a lot of effort to carve out and define "console". They may as well have said "This law doesn't apply to Xbox, Playstation, Nintendo Switches or any iteration of devices made by the companies that produce those products"