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iFixit Put Up Right to Repair Billboard Along New York Governor's Drive to Work

by Ptchd on 11/23/22, 2:04 AM with 12 comments

• by rasz on 11/23/22, 5:17 AM

  It looks pointless? From YT comments:

  Robert C.

  I'm a little confused about what's going on here. I looked up the legislative process in NY to find out what provisions NY state has for passing bills into law, and according the NY Senate website, the governor has 10 days to veto a law, after which it automatically becomes law even if she doesn't sign it. If the legislature is out of session when she gets the bill, she then has 30 days to sign it or it is automatically vetoed.

  Either way, after 7 months, she shouldn't be still sitting on this bill. It should have either automatically become law or have been vetoed, depending on circumstance.

  And if it did pass with that big of a majority, it shouldn't be too difficult to get a veto override, which only takes a 2/3 majority vote of the full legislature.

• by giantg2 on 11/23/22, 3:42 AM

  So what are the downsides these companies think exist? Logistics/cost of making it available, proprietary info/tools leaking, something else? Or is it just lost revenue from their service people handling it and consumers not buying a new model sooner?

• by goldenkey on 11/23/22, 3:49 AM

  How is Kathy supposed to see the billboard when she's in the back of a tinted chauffeured limo writing in her daily planner how she plans to pilfer the state each day?

• by Ptchd on 11/23/22, 3:32 AM

  I'll even send her a free pen...

  edit: gender (thanks sbaiddn)