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Tech companies are trying to neuter Colorado’s landmark right-to-repair law

A state bill is a glimpse of how corporations are limiting people's ability to make their own fixes and upgrades.

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Tech companies are trying to neuter Colorado’s landmark right-to-repair law
Source: Ars Technica

Right-to-repair efforts are gaining headway in the US. A lot of that movement has been led by state legislation in Colorado.

Since 2022, Colorado has passed bills giving users the tools, instructions, and legal capabilities to fix or upgrade their own wheelchairs, agricultural farming equipment, and consumer electronics. Similar efforts have rippled out through the country, where repair bills have been introduced in every US state and passed in eight of them.

“Colorado has the broadest repair rights in the country,” says Danny Katz, executive director CoPIRG, the Colorado branch of the consumer advocate group Pirg. “We should be proud of leading the way.”

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