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Enlarge / Apple's Vision Pro scored 0 points in US PIRG's self-repairability analysis. Kyle Orland reader comments 4 In December, New York became the first state to enact a "Right to Repair" law for electronics. Since then, other states, including Oregon and Minnesota , have passed similar laws.
However, a recent analysis of some recently released gadgets shows that self-repair still has a long way to go before it becomes ubiquitous. On Monday, the US Public Interest Research Group ( PIRG ) released its Leaders and Laggards report that examined user repairability of 21 devices subject to New York's electronics Right to Repair law. The nonprofit graded devices "based on the quality and accessibility of repair manuals, spare parts, and other critical repair materials.
” Nathan Proctor, one of the report's authors and senior director for the Campaign for the Right to Repair for the US PIRG Education Fund, told Ars Technica via email that PIRG focused on new models since the law only applies to new products, adding that PIRG "tried to include a range of covered devices from well-known brands." While all four smartphones included on the list received an A-minus or A, many other types of devices got disappointing grades. The HP Spectre Fold foldable laptop, for example, received a D-minus due to low parts (2 out of 10) and manual (4 out of 10) scores.
The report examined four camera models—Canon's EOS r100, Fujifilm's GFX 100 ii, Nikon's Zf, and Sony's Alpha 6700—and all but o.
