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President Joe Biden signed an executive order Friday that is seen as a win for proponents of independent device repairs.
An industry trade group, however, has attacked the move, arguing in part that authorized services providers should be the ones to handle device repairs.
In a fact sheet on the Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy, the White House said that the order seeks to “make it easier and cheaper to repair items you own by limiting manufacturers from barring self-repairs or third-party repairs of their products.”
The order “encourages” the Federal Trade Commission to “issue rules against anticompetitive restrictions on using independent repair shops or doing DIY repairs of your own devices and equipment,” according to the White House.
Biden Gives Boost To Independent Device Repairs With Executive Order
The move was blasted by an industry trade group but welcomed by the proponents of the ‘right to repair’ movement. By Kyle Alspach July 09, 2021, 04:20 PM EDT
President Joe Biden signed an executive order Friday that is seen as a win for proponents of independent device repairs.
An industry trade group, however, has attacked the move, arguing in part that authorized services providers should be the ones to handle device repairs.
In a fact sheet on the Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy, the White House said that the order seeks to “make it easier and cheaper to repair items you own by limiting manufacturers from barring self-repairs or third-party repairs of their products.”
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