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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)
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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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[+] -9 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Makes you think, right? Almost as if the narrative about how dystopian chat control is and how evil EU is doesn't really add up and it's just people repeating some bullshit they read on a blog.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago* (3 children)

    There is a lot of anti-EU propaganda, especially surrounding the Chat Control.

    Yes, there are some authoritarian politicians trying to push it through. But there is a reason why it has failed so many times. Because most EU politicians are really not that bad.

    The propaganda is being pushed by Russia to sow discontent in the EU. That is why you see on every positive EU story, there is someone in the comment going "What about Chat Control though?" As if that proves the EU is evil.

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

    As if that proves the EU is evil.

    It sure as hell proves evil intent.
    We're lucky there's a majority against chat control but that still means there was a minority proposing it.
    And i don't think the divide is that big

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

    It only proves evil intent of those specific politicians trying to push it through.

    It doesn't prove any evil intent from anything else in the EU.

    The EU is a democracy. Which means that we sometimes also let evil people talk.

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