IFixit Vows to Hold Microsoft Accountable for Easing Repair Restrictions
Microsoft’s agreement with the green group As You Sow to expand consumers’ options by the end of 2022 to repair their own devices (see 2110070030 or 2110070032) “is a step in the right direction for a major tech company,” emailed…
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iFixit Policy Director Kerry Sheehan Thursday: “We'll be keeping a close eye on Microsoft to make sure they're living up to their commitments.” President Joe Biden’s July 9 executive order on tech competition “encouraged” the FTC to use its “statutory rulemaking authority” to thwart “unfair anticompetitive restrictions on third-party repair or self-repair.”