New York's Democratic governor, Kathy Hochul, made her state the first in the U.S. to establish that customers have the right to obtain diagnostic tools, parts and documentation from device makers in order to repair their devices. But right-to-repair advocates say the move will have limited impact. The new law, called the Digital Fair Repair Act, is set to go into effect on July 1, and requires that manufacturers provide "documents like manuals and diagrams, and tools like diagnostics and parts" to consumers for many electronics, excluding items such as home appliances, vehicles and medical equipment.
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