The "right to repair" movement scored a win Wednesday, when New York's Democratic governor, Kathy Hochul, made her state the first in the US to establish that customers have the right to obtain diagnostic tools, parts and documentation from device makers in order to repair their devices.So she reached an agreement with the New York legislature that allows device manufacturers to provide "assemblies of parts," meaning companies won't be forced to sell individual components that may cost less, but instead can sell an "assembly," like a circuit board with included chips, at a higher price.The move marks a step forward for advocates who'd been hoping New York would help to establish strong consumer protections as part of America's first right-to-repair bill.In theory, right-to-repair advocates say, consumers should be able to obtain manuals, parts and tools from manufacturers in order to fix their own devices, rather than having to rely on costly technicians trained by the device makers themselves.Advocates such as iFixit CEO Kyle Wiens -- who sells parts and tools and creates documentation about how to repair devices -- noted that the last-minute changes made to New York's bill before it was signed not only weaken protections for consumers but also exclude products made for and relied on by schools, hospitals, universities and government agencies."