Right in Big Tech’s backyard, too.

The bill outlines three years for products costing $50 to $99.99 and seven years for products priced at $100 or more. The bill will cover electronics and appliances made and sold after July 1st, 2021.

    • june 🌿@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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      1 year ago

      yeah, this feels like a big heckin deal??

      hopefully we can get this elsewhere, too

      which feels like it might be easier if companies are already complying with this

      • LegionEris [she/her]@feddit.nl
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        1 year ago

        which feels like it might be easier if companies are already complying with this

        This is part of the California regulation strategy: California is the largest market in the country for many products. It’s often cheaper to make things to California standards for everyone than to run two different production lines or facilities or give up California altogether, so we get California approved and labeled things all across the US. It’s a nifty feature of the state.

  • explodicle@local106.comEnglish
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    1 year ago

    This sort of stuff is why I love living in California. I work in tech myself, but they never pay me those extra savings from cut corners, bad service, or environmental damage.

  • The Baldness@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    And when support ends, if there is any sort of lock on the firmware, it must be removed so the aftermarket can service the device. They should do cars next.