The United States’ first right-to-repair law for electronics passes in New York

03 June 2022
Although the law passed in New York, the new legislation could benefit consumers all over the US.

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  • 04 Jun 2022

The phone in the picture is lg g6

    Anonymous, 04 Jun 2022It is removable. You just need to remove the back panel an... moreBatteries are glued in now, they can be hard to get out.

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      • Lkg
      • 04 Jun 2022

      Anonymous, 04 Jun 2022The first and most important consumer right-to-repair is ... moreIt is removable. You just need to remove the back panel and use screw driver to take battery out.

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        • David
        • pYI
        • 04 Jun 2022

        First thing they should do is stop GLUING all the devices together so you can actually open them!

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          • qGd
          • 04 Jun 2022

          Congratulations Louis Rossmann, this happened mainly because of you and your efforts over the past several years. Cheers on a job well done.

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            • Anonymous
            • S9j
            • 04 Jun 2022

            The first and most important consumer right-to-repair
            is REMOVABLE BATTERY !

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              • UbuntuTouch4TW
              • nv$
              • 04 Jun 2022

              The Right To Repair movement has nothing to do with "repairs under warranty". There is a law for that already (Magnuson-Moss), even if companies break it all the time.
              RTR opposes crap like parts serialization, the need of the company's blessing (just a "beep!" from a proprietary gadget to "OK" a vendor-lock system) after a replacement part is put in place. Stuff like not allowing their chip providers to sell the chips to someone else (mostly a distributor, who then sells it to repair shops), so you don't need to toss a $1500 device because a $30 chip failed. Stuff like selling you the full top panel (keyboard, touchpad and battery) if you just want to replace just a battery, or the full display assembly if just the backlight failed. Crap like forcing you to go to their repair center, only for them to not have enough personnel to take care of the repairs in a timely fashion (yeah, wait for six months for the tractor that you need working again in two days).
              Louis Rossmann has countless videos going to the detail on what RTR is and what it is not.

                doubt its happening in cali where apple resides.

                  LG G6

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