Oregon Governor Tina Kotek has signed the state’s Right to Repair bill into law, and it even comes with a provision that potentially makes it stronger than California’s and Minnesota’s versions. It’s the first to prohibit (PDF) a practice called “parts pairing,” which requires the use of certain proprietary components for repair. Parts pairing prevents third-party repair services from replacing a broken component with one that didn’t come from the brand itself, because it wouldn’t work with the
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