NY State is the first state in the country to pass a “Right to Repair” Law, a law preventing manufacturers from not allowing their customers to repair their own purchased product. The bill also compels manufacturers to provide information on how to repair their products to customers and repair shops.
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With the passage of the Right to Repair bill by a Democrat-controlled state, it lays down a challenge to Republican states to match NY State and deliver to more and more Americans the right to repair their own products, and to receive the information needed to be able to repair their products from the manufacturer.
The victory undermines the move towards a subscription-based society where property dies and a de facto serfdom takes its place. It gives hope to farmers in rural states that their legislatures might move to free them from the tyranny that is John Deere, second only to Apple in working aggressively to prevent customers from repairing their own products.
John Deere is facing more and more lawsuits, with nine cases recently being consolidated into one suit now being considered by the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Perhaps the NY Right to Repair Law will now hasten legislative release for farmers that can happen long before the judicial process runs its course.
