California passes right-to-repair act guaranteeing seven years of parts for your phone::On September 12th, California passed SB 244 to its state Assembly, becoming the third state to pass a right-to-repair bill.

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    All this is going to accomplish is severely limiting the number of devices available to the consumers.

    Only a few brands and models will meet the standard to be able to be sold, creating a government backed monopoly and driving the prices of those devices through the roof, while simultaneously creating a black market for unapproved devices.

    People will start shopping out of state for devices to be able to have any kind of choice and not have to pay $2k for their new phone.