"If you think of how things started in the garage of Steve Jobs and Bill Gates, as a teacher put to me, they burned the bridge behind them by closing off their repairability and their diagnostic information," she said. "So we want to reopen that and create the innovators for tomorrow."įahy and her staff have spoken to Hochul's staff about the measure, which would cause a 400% estimated increase in independent repair shops and create local jobs, as well as save consumers hundreds of dollars per year and cut down on electronic waste. "We think it's a win-win-win for the system," bill sponsor Assemblywoman Patricia Fahy said Tuesday.įahy, a Democrat from Albany, said it's akin to allowing independent mechanic shops to repair your vehicle, or how the original founders of Apple and Windows got their start. If signed into law, the Right to Repair bill would require the original manufacturers of electronic equipment, like smartphones, tablets and laptop computers, to provide diagnostic and repair information to independent repair providers. Kathy Hochul, who has not indicated where she stands on the measure. People on both sides of the debate of the Right to Repair legislation are working hard to get the attention of Gov.
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