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EU commission mastodon account says right to repair is going to be real in EU with parts available up to 10 years
(ec.social-network.europa.eu)
this post was submitted on 31 Jul 2026
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To say the least, I'll have to buy a 900 USD device and use it for 10 years instead of buying 3x300 USD devices each 3 year. This is the current situation with most phones and tablets which come from China.
I think you're posting from pre-RAM shortage times. We might be looking at buying 900 USD phones and keeping them for more than 3 years in the very near future anyway.
Maybe we'll get less e-waste out of EU-mandated right-to-repair parts manufacturing and "influx"... hopedully not more.
I don't think RAM shortage will last for too long. Also I'm fine with 8GB of RAM if me phone runs mainlinux Linux. Actually 8GB is extra.