Repair advocates say Microsoft’s support for a repair bill in Washington - a notable first for a major U.S. “And I think Microsoft’s leadership and willingness to be first created that opportunity.” Public Research Interest Group’s right-to-repair campaign, told Grist. “We are in the middle of more conversations with manufacturers being way more cooperative than before,” Nathan Proctor, who heads the U.S. tech company - is bringing other manufacturers to the table to negotiate the details of other right-to-repair bills for the first time. (Apple frequently lobbies against right-to-repair bills, and during a hearing, Wellman defended the iPhone maker’s position that it is already doing enough on repair.) But despite the bill’s failure to launch this year, repair advocates say Microsoft’s support - a notable first for a major U.S.
The Fair Repair Act stalled out a week later due to opposition from all three Republicans on the committee and Senator Lisa Wellman, a Democrat and former Apple executive. To support our nonprofit environmental journalism, please consider disabling your ad-blocker to allow ads on Grist. “This bill fairly balances the interests of manufacturers, customers, and independent repair shops and in doing so will provide more options for consumer device repair.” “I am writing to state Microsoft’s support for E2SHB 1392,” also known as the Fair Repair Act, Plenefisch wrote in an email to the committee. Plenefisch, however, wanted the committee to know that Microsoft, which is headquartered in Redmond, Washington, was on board with this one, which had already passed the Washington House. Typically, when consumer tech companies reach out to lawmakers concerning right-to-repair bills - which seek to make it easier for people to fix their devices, thus saving money and reducing electronic waste - it’s because they want them killed. In March, Irene Plenefisch, a senior director of government affairs at Microsoft, sent an email to the eight members of the Washington state Senate’s Environment, Energy, and Technology Committee, which was about to hold a hearing to discuss a bill intended to facilitate the repair of consumer electronics. Editor’s note, May 5, 2023: Since this story published, Microsoft has officially affirmed its support for a right to repair bill in Washington state.
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