even in a year where state houses are
closed and our attention was divided
the movement to let us fix our stuff
made some gains so let's take a look at
the top five right to repair wins of
2020.
first up we learned from some emails
that apple is conflicted about repair
last march we found a full 2019 imac
repair manual online
we were so surprised to see apple
sharing repair information
that we actually emailed them to ask
them if they posted it by mistake
they never responded but we apparently
triggered a flurry of internal emails
that caused apple executives to ask
what's our repair strategy we only know
about these emails because they were
released
during a congressional inquiry into
whether apple and other tech companies
held too much power
for our next win we leave cupertino and
head to france where france will be
fighting planned obsolescence with
labels every smartphone notebook tv
washing machine
and electric lawnmower sold in france
will have a repairability score
it's part of a broader european move
toward demanding more durable repairable
products for its citizens
and in a nice surprise the ratings are
easy to understand
even if you've never taken apart a phone
it's a bold move and planned
obsolescence and a big win for giving
people
more control over big purchases next up
we built the world's largest free
medical repair database
during the initial covet outbreak not
only were ventilators and other
life-saving devices in short supply
but they couldn't be repaired quickly
when they broke down still
medical device manufacturers didn't make
the repair guides available
so half our staff spent two months
making a huge open repair manual
database
we launched our medical database in may
with more than 13 000 manuals
and it's still open for anyone to add on
to for our fourth win
we head back to europe where the
european parliament votes to support
right to repair
in late november the legislators of
europe voted overwhelmingly in favor of
moving the whole continent toward fair
pair
including the kind of repair labeling
that france is going to enact this
january
nothing will change just yet but with
395 legislators voting in favor against
90 for opposed
it's a sign that our european work is
bearing fruit europe aims to make
companies own up to just how easy it is
their products are to fix
and for our number one win of the year
massachusetts gave
auto repair data to everyone question 1
or the right to repair law was approved
by just under 75 percent of voters in
november
despite heavy and heavy-handed corporate
opposition
the law demands that car makers provide
a way for car repair shops and car
owners
to access to the data their cars send
wirelessly to the manufacturer
this prevents manufacturers and
dealerships from having exclusive access
to data
that could be helpful in fixing your car
with this new right to repair bill we
could see car makers take on a similar
expansion of data access for all cars
at the least it could inspire other
states to demand similar rights
and hey maybe even for devices other
than cars
we still got a lot more work ahead of us
in 2021 and you can help us out
head on over to repair.org to figure out
all of the different ways that you can
get involved
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