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Digital Fair Repair ActArs Technica
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New York became the first state to enact a " Right to Repair " law for electronics in December .
The nonprofit US Public Interest Research Group examined user repairability of 21 devices subject to the law.
The report suggests difficulties in easily accessing repair manuals for some recently released tech.
Sony 's PlayStation 5 Slim received a 1/10 repairability score.
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