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by barney54 2172 days ago
It appears this is a result of the harmonization of laws between Mexico, Canada, and the US.
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That's right, this was an "ask" from the USA in order to implement the T-MEC (USMCA in English). Given the current US political climate, Mexico got the short stick in this new "deal": Tax was increased (from 16% to 17%, 18% and even 19%), Mexico has to implement these laws and we keep being the "cheap maquila labour" that guarantee the country won't develop in the short/mid term.
Repairing phones and installing custom ROMs are illegal in us/canada?
Under section 1201 of the Digital Millenium Copyright, it would be illegal to install a custom ROM or repair your phone without permission from the manufacturer.

However, the Copyright office get to make official exceptions to the law and they made an exception for jailbreaking a phone. I'm not sure about repairing or installing custom ROMs. Those might fall into different categories.

Wouldn't the recent "Right to Repair" push in the US counter any efforts to prohibit repairs by independent repair businesses?