Prospect of submitting a right bill to repair in California state of Apple's patience which directly opposes "right to repair"

The situation that only manufacturers that require expensive expenses can repair in case of breakdown of electronic products is a situation for general consumers, such as forcing users to pay expensive expenses, or in some cases forcing them to replace products In the United States, there is a voice calling for "the right to repair" in recent years, because it is disadvantageous and unnecessary because there is an aspect that increases electronic waste unnecessarily. A representative that is directly opposed to this is Apple that sells the iPhone, but at last it is expected that a bill to seek the right to repair in California state of Apple's appellation is expected to be submitted to Congress.

Eggman Introduces Legislation to Create a "Right to Repair" for Electronics | Official Website - Assemblymember Susan Eggman Representing the 13th California Assembly District
https://a13.asmdc.org/press-releases/20180307-eggman-introduces-legislation-create-right-repair-electronics

The Right to Repair Battle Has Come to Silicon Valley - Motherboard
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/8xdp94/right-to-repair-california-bill

Representative Susan Eggmann of California states that he will submit a bill to the Congress on the law "California Right to Repair Act (CRRA)" which recognizes the right to repair. Eggman said about the purpose of the bill, "CRRA brings freedom for consumers to repair their own electric appliances by their repair shops and service providers, which is considered to be common for several generations ago What I am doing now is extremely rare due to "systematic obsolescence."

The right bill to repair in 17 provinces of Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Virginia, Vermont, WashingtonLegislative activities are underway submitted to CongressBut California will join the list as the 18th state.

Apple that sells the iPhone is known to oppose it from the top, against the move to legalize this repair right. According to Apple, admitting the right to repair is unreasonable because it may damage the security and security of smartphones and other devices, which could damage intellectual property rights. Apple is said to actively lobby actively to dispose of the bill to repair a huge sum of money.

However, there are also indications that Apple itself decided the flow of legalization of the right to repair. Apple was forced to respond to apologies & battery exchange discounts as it became clear that it had been running without informing the user of a software update that intentionally lowers the degraded old iPhone's performance of the battery, but this Apple's The criticism that acts were aimed at so-called planned obsolescence has been repeated one after another, and the need for the right to repair has been reexamined.

Apple officially apologizes for the old iPhone performance degradation problem and announces that it will discount more than 60% battery replacement cost - GIGAZINE


In the announcement of the CRRA bill submitted by Eggman, "There is no need to upgrade to the latest model every time a smartphone or home appliance replacement repairable parts breaks," said Mark Murray, California's waste management official As I mentioned, it is clear that this remark suggests Apple's iPhone battery problem.

It is a big event that a bill was submitted in California, where many high-tech companies are opposed to legalization of the right to repair such as Microsoft as well as Apple. It is pointed out that lobbying will become more intense over the legalization of the right to repair symbolic lands of the high-tech enterprises.