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It's Complicated

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The Rise of Right to Repair in the US

Rights and repair legislation in the US is asking for manufacturers to provide parts tools and resources so consumers can do battery stops and screen repairs. We're seeing right to repair pickup more steam in the agricultural industry because farmers are buying tractors from John Deere and some of these major manufacturers. These tractors aren't just regular tractors anymore these tractors are robots in a sense and the electronics in them fail. So we're seeing people motivated by the consumer rights aspect of right to repair people.

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