<h5>Have your electronics stopped working properly after some time of use?</h5>  <p>Imagine you saved up all your pocket money to buy a shiny new smartphone that you’ve been eyeing forever. You don’t just use these to call or text. You click pictures and shoot videos with it, listen to music, browse the internet, read Newsahoot articles (hehe), etc. 
Soon enough, the phone starts acting up. It’s become slow and unresponsive. It hangs up all the time. And you’re barely able to do anything beyond calling or texting with it. You try to find repair options. 
The local repair-person tries their best, but the way the phone is made is too complicated. They can only figure out a part of the problem. Without a detailed instruction manual that’s all they can do! Even if they somehow figure out what’s wrong, the phone company won’t give them original high-quality parts. Instead, they will have to use cheap substitutes which fix the phone only for some time.</p>
<p>You spent months saving up pocket money to buy this phone. You can’t afford to buy a new one or even get it repaired every few months.
</p> <h5>How does the right to repair fit in this situation?</h5>  <p>Electronics manufacturers create products with planned obsolescence in mind. Even the fact that they are hard, or impossible, to repair is intentional. No matter how expensive or new a product is, it will become obsolete in a couple of years. For example, phones become obsolete due to lack of software updates. Such situations push people to buy a newer (sometimes more expensive) version of the product. 
People are tired and angry at this tactic of companies to make them keep spending money every few years. Planned obsolescence is awful for the environment too - so much electronic waste is generated every year because of this. </p>
<p>People, activists and organisations around the world are raising awareness about this issue. They are lobbying governments to ensure that companies have to make their products easily repairable. This is known as the right to repair movement.
</p> <h5>Why are large electronic companies against the right to repair?</h5>  <p>You can easily guess why. If we repair our things instead of constantly buying new ones, the profits of big corporations will decrease.</p>
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Large companies like Apple, Tesla, etc. are staunchly against the right to repair. They argue that making original spare parts of electronics available will allow their competitors to access their intellectual property. This will harm them.
</p> <h5>What is the world’s first right to repair law for electronics?</h5>  <p>The state of New York in the USA recently passed the world’s first right to repair law for electronics. This is not the world’s first right to repair law in general. It is the world’s first right to repair law to apply to electronics.
Electronic manufacturers will now have to make spare parts, tools and instructions for repair available to both repair shops and individuals within the state of New York.</p>
<p>Though the law applies to only one state in one country in the entire world, it’s still a huge victory for the right to repair movement. Other states and countries may soon take inspiration from New York. This will make everyone happy - you, your wallet and the environment!
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