The Right to Repair Is Law in Washington State
The Right to Repair Is Law in Washington State

The Right to Repair Is Law in Washington State

The Right to Repair Is Law in Washington State
The Right to Repair Is Law in Washington State
I'm really glad this passed, right when laws are basically becoming meaningless. /s
When WA secedes along with oregon and cali to get away from the insanity, it'll be real convenient to have a law like this on the books so we can just copy it over. I guess.
The carve outs were so enormous due to industry lobby it's an embarrassment and crosses the "locks in more future harm than good it releases" threshold:
...Game consoles, Smart home devices, biometric security, Farm equipment, off-road gear, EV chargers, routers, modems, medical devices, set-top boxes, and a ton of industrial stuff...
I was curious about a source on this. I believe I found the final bill here. Lawyers correct me if I'm wrong. But section 5 indeed has a slew of carveouts for basically everything you would want this bill to cover:
Lame.
Now cars and farm equipment. Let's gooo