EU countries must implement right to repair laws within two years

Post by 8372049 » Fri, May 31, 2024, 9:18 AM UTC

mytailorisrich wrote: post #35

8372049 wrote: post #28

As far as I can tell, this directive mainly mandates that producers offer to repair certain categories of products, for a price or for free and that independent professional repair shops/services can access tools, parts and information needed to do so. > Producers shall ensure that >independent [professional] repairers (From Art. 5) Unless I'm missing something, there is nothing here granting the right or feasibility…

You have the right to repair what you own. This is aimed at preventing companies from preventing you from doing so. Parts are already available in many cases and no-one prevents you from sourcing them. But in reality most people don't do that and don't want to do that. Either they call a repairman or they buy a new appliance, and this law won't change any of that.

Post by flohofwoe » Fri, May 31, 2024, 9:19 AM UTC

lnsru wrote: post #30

flohofwoe wrote: post #26

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The Framework laptop seems to be a counter example to your theory, the company seems to be just under 50 people which isn't all that big even for a startup, and repairability is one of their main selling points.

May I ask you what this company has to do with EU? If you could open the website you would find this information: Company: Framework Computer Inc Headquarters Address: 447 Sutter St, PMB 135, San Francisco, CA, 94108-4618, United States

Post by Etheryte » Fri, May 31, 2024, 9:21 AM UTC

incognito124 wrote: post #40

jll29 wrote: post #37

This is only phase one; the citizens of Europe must now petition their own countries to implement great "Right to Repair" laws. Important economic fact: If only one single European country (with sufficient population) implements a rather strict right to repair law, then likely all manufacturers in all countries will need to adhere to it, since tech companies don't like to have to build multiple product variants (per…

A more probable outcome of a single country doing that is that new products won't be available there

Post by pembrook » Fri, May 31, 2024, 9:25 AM UTC

blensor wrote: post #24

londons_explore wrote: post #15

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The most vocal person behind the right to repair movement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Npd_xDuNi9k Oh, and he runs a professional repair shop...

Saying Louis Rossmann is fighting for the right to repair while trying to keep individuals from repairing their own devices is like saying Linus Torvalds created Linux to keep people from getting the idea to build their own operating system. Rossmann is fighting the good fight and also often doing videos showing how a repair actually works. Most famously a video where he showed that a certain type of common Macbook s…

Post by izacus » Fri, May 31, 2024, 9:30 AM UTC

ckastner wrote: post #41

jonatron wrote: post #4

Why is there gatekeeping of "professional" repairers and "repair services"? Why can't I as a consumer view a service manual and buy a part? If a washing machine costs £220, and a professional repair man costs £70 per hour, nobody will repair out of warranty.

> Why can't I as a consumer view a service manual and buy a part? Have you ever helped a family member with their computer problems, only to notice that they often start as something benign, and the mess you are dealing with is from the family member attempting to fix that benign problem themselves? Outside of tech, how many people do you know who actually read manuals instead of just going at it?