New report out today!

We tried to get service manuals and spare parts for products ... like what is required by Right to Repair laws. These companies be like ... what manual?

In addition to talking to customer service more or less across the board, we graded 25 products, five each in five different categories: dishwashers, phones, tablets, laptops and gaming devices.

I sit at the intersection of organizing on the ground, and doing work on policy.

There is a reason why people like me aren't all that enamored this "abundance agenda" thing, championed by Ezra, Matty churches, etc 1/

https://twitter.com/ezraklein/status/1856725900185706580

You could argue that this kind of analysis is attractive to the "thought leader" crowd because it can solve issues without grappling with some of the thorniest parts of the current system. 2/

🧵 California has long been a state where the manufacturers lobbyist had us far outgunned -- able to scuttle Right to Repair behind the scenes (I'll drop some of the reporting on it over the years in the replies)

38 to ZERO in last night's vote.

https://twitter.com/CALPIRG/status/1663741411869753345

I am reflecting back on my thoughts 4 years ago about how this campaign would go.

"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you... But next, as a last ditch effort, they co-opt you.”

wired.com/story/right-to…

Just got done with our hearing in Massachusetts on #RightToRepair -- it was CHOCK FULL of examples of how stuff is getting harder to fix -- especially because repair is locked out by software. Let me share a few thoughts: We heard example after example of how devices are being made to detect and block any repairs made outside of the manufactures universe. We also heard example after example of repairs that technicians were doing but manufacturers said were not possible.