We're seeing a world in which physical devices don't work like we think physical devices should anymore, right? Folks from farmers to auto workers are speaking about this. There's a whole followership on the Internet about the Internet of things misfiring and people who buy a refrigerator, a fryer, a car—and even, honestly, soon clothing is coming—where you might just find that, “Oh, this manufacturer has gone belly-up”. There was a change in investment. Maybe they changed their product line. With this important physical part of your life that you thought you would get five or 10 or 20 years of service out of, it turns out you got only a year and a half.
Fortunately, I think most of us don't have entirely smart devices households yet, but as we move to a world where more of us will, we need to get these kinds of pro-consumer bills passed so that we're not completely beholden to many manufacturers. If we find ourselves in a situation where manufacturers are failing their duty to us, we can take action to redress that balance.