Apparaten verplicht repareerbaar door nieuwe EU-wet
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Iedere wasmachine, telefoon of televisie die je vanaf morgen in Europa koopt, moet beter repareerbaar zijn. Dan treedt namelijk de Europese Right to Repair Act in werking. Wat dat in de praktijk betekent, bespreken we met Ruth Mugge, hoogleraar Ontwerpen voor duurzaam consumentengedrag aan de TU Delft, en Oscar Visser, CFO van Fairphone.

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
  • Default Username@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    88·
    12 hours ago

    Interesting things that are not on the list:

    • Farming equipment
    • Motor and electric vehicles
    • Computers (including laptops)
    • Video game consoles
    • HVAC systems and equipment

    Not sure if smart TVs fall under “electronic displays”, or if they just mean commercial displays when they say that.

      • dev_null@lemmy.mlEnglish
        4·
        2 hours ago

        Broken ports, replace hard drive, replace memory, no software locks so custom software can keep it alive, replace battery (on a Switch for example).

        Lots of thing right to repair could do for consoles.

        • balsoft@lemmy.mlEnglish
          2·
          2 hours ago

          I would hope that the Switch falls under “Tablets”. Because that’s exactly what it is.

      • picnic@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        2·
        2 hours ago

        Well how about mobile phone, laptop or a tablet?

        I’m not seeing easy written anywhere, it can still be done by experts but the idea I feel would be that its overall possible to accomplish by a third party.

      • balsoft@lemmy.mlEnglish
        2·
        2 hours ago

        Video consoles are either desktop computers with proprietary parts, or tablets with proprietary parts. There is nothing especially difficult to repair in them compared to the rest of their categories.

    • TeaWithDani@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      10 hours ago

      Farming equipment is a particularly annoying one, that and construction vehicles, are becoming increasingly locked down by proprietary software and impossible to maintain yourself. You can’t even employ mechanics outside the dealer network in some instances and it will be more so in the future.

        • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          4·
          4 hours ago

          Considering the videos on youtube about creators disassembling and modifying them and the warnings creators like styropyro and The king of random did…I don’t think they should be serviced by the regular joe. Or the dangerous parts should be sealed of from the boring stuff like the buttons (e.g. door opener) so one trained technicians can reach it but the hurdle is big enough for normies.

    • BeatL@pawb.socialEnglish
      34·
      12 hours ago

      not yet ! we hope !

      John deer tractor lost a case that became famous in my rural area (and elsewhere). It now have to let repair shop acces the tools and allow repair on its tractors.

      I take the win ! And we continue to push forward in talks, petitions, actions and repairs (autorised or else) Support and/or use open source.