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
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[–] 14 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I like this for a lot of obvious reasons.

I worry about corporate malicious compliance though where the cost of a replacement part costs as much as the unit or near it to make up for lost revenue from selling whole units.

They could even get to the printer ink model where they sell the initial device for cheap or at a lost with planned obsolescence of parts that almost guarantee a replacement rate.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    With this though I think there is legal stance because prohibitively high prices can be used as grounds to say that a product "can't be repaired". The legal precedent is there, you can't just say "technically we give you the option, it's just $2m".

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