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Serious bias in that title. The "strongest" bill is still very weak
Strongest doesn't mean strong. It just means it's the most strong of any of the like 3 others out there.
Yes, that's kind of my point. It implies strength in the bill that really isn't very strong at all, while staying technically correct
Can you be more specific? I'd like to know what it's missing.
Anything besides parts and manuals.
Requirements for devices to be feasibly repairable in the first place. A phone that's effectively a brick of glue is still unrepairable regardless of whether you can buy overpriced parts for it.
If the enforcement mechanism for "fair" pricing is for the general public to file a lawsuit, I can guarantee that pricing isn't going to be very reasonable.
Apple devices are notoriously hard to repair not just because they don't provide a $50,000 diagnostic kit and overpriced parts, they're hard to repair because they're designed to be disposable. This bill does absolutely nothing to change that, which is probably why Apple supported it. Good PR with completely avoidable consequences for them