1792
New EU law requires devices to be repairable - Every phone, television or washing machine you buy in Europe must be easier to repair starting tomorrow. That’s when the European Right to Repair Act tak (www.nporadio1.nl)
submitted 2 months ago* by to c/technology@lemmy.world
282 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

The products covered by the obligation to repair currently include:

  • washing machines and washer-dryers
  • dishwashers
  • refrigerators
  • electronic displays
  • welding equipment
  • servers and data storage products
  • mobile phones, cordless phones and tablets
  • tumble dryers 
  • e-bikes and e-scooters batteries (from 18 February 2027)
  • local space heaters
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 20 points 2 months ago

This is excellent news, but I really wish this same logic will spill into the recent "stop killing video games" movement as well.

That whole fight was really about consumer protection as well, not just about video games IMO.

I want to be able to be easily repair and support products that are past their manufacture supported end of life. This goes for both physical products and digital products!

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
    •