Re: "died in committee" "despite broad consumer support"
will the current technological gatekeepers be able to bribe lobby all of them?
The answer is yes. From the Cory Doctorow article posted above:
In 2018 — the year before Tim Cook warned his shareholders that their dividends were at risk because Apple customers were choosing to fix their gadgets, rather than replacing them — Apple led the anti-repair axis in fights against eighteen state Right to Repair bills. All eighteen bills died.