Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo do not want you to be able to repair your console

The state of Nebraska intends to pass a law that allows users to be able to repair their electronic devices in the event of a breakdown, a law that would compel manufacturers to provide certain information and end the need to go through costly technical services. from each of them. The first to oppose it was Apple and now the main manufacturers of video game consoles are added: Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo.

They don't want you to be able to repair your console without it

Thanks to this law, users could repair their electronic devices by themselves or through a specialized store, let's remember that currently the only option, practically, is to go through the official technical service of the manufacturer of the device and pay its high prices. Obviously this average would make them lose large amounts of money so they will not stand idly by.

Images show the interior of the Nintendo Switch

First it was Apple and now it is Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo that join the opposition against Nebraska law. The Entertainment Software Association is an association made up of leading manufacturers and is already positioning itself against states trying to adopt this law.

On the other side of the ring we have the Electronic Frontier Foundation and iFixit whose objective is precisely the opposite, to ensure that users are able to repair their electronic devices at the lowest possible cost.

If the law passes, we may see a similar movement in other countries.

Source: eteknix