New York governor Kathy Hochul signed the Digital Fair Repair Act on December 28th, 2022, and the law will go into effect on July 1st, 2023 — a full year after it was originally passed by the NY State legislature.Hochul claims in her signed memorandum that the bill was amended to lessen the risk of physical harm or security issues while making repairs, an amendment that Rossman calls “bullshit” and expects manufacturers to exploit in circumvention of the spirit of the bill.It also exempts enterprise devices relied upon by schools, hospitals and data centers, writes iFixit CEO Kyle Wiens in a statement on the company’s blog.The memo states that July 1st, 2023 is the date when devices “manufactured for the first time as well as sold or used in New York for the first time” become eligible for coverage, implying that right to repair protections won’t apply to anything made before the bill’s effective date.The New York bill’s looming presence made several companies change their tune on right to repair, with companies like Google and Samsung starting to sell phone components on iFixit."