There is now a European standard for measuring how easy it is to repair stuff
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#2Great news. As the author says, please support the right to repair movement in Europe if you care about repairability: https://repair.eu/, https://repair.eu/smartphones/.
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#3Fantastic. Gone with planned obsolescence: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planned_obsolescence
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#4I hope it will finally force Apple to become more climate-friendly. Their scores in phone repairability are disappointigly low: https://www.ifixit.com/smartphone-repairability.
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#5Wow, this is some great news! Hopefully this trend of electronics that are nigh impossible to repair will be gone next decade.
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#6I hope it will finally force Apple to become more climate-friendly. Their scores in phone repairability are disappointigly low: https://www.ifixit.com/smartphone-repairability .
As far as Apple is concerned, I believe that AirPods are a true tragedy[0].
If you try to recycle them, someone will have to separate the glued-in lithium-ion battery from the plastic.
If you try to throw them away, you might start a fire in a garbage compactor facility.
If they end up in a landfill, they'll be in earth's crust for thousands of years.
That's before getting into how fast they become obsolete on their own because the battery loses charge (~18 months) and how easy it is to lose them.
[0] Excellent article, in which CEO of iFixit was asked for a comment and simply called them "evil": https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/neaz3d/airpods-are-a-trag...
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#7I hope it will finally force Apple to become more climate-friendly. Their scores in phone repairability are disappointigly low: https://www.ifixit.com/smartphone-repairability .
As far as Apple is concerned, I believe that AirPods are a true tragedy[0]. If you try to recycle them, someone will have to separate the glued-in lithium-ion battery from the plastic. If you try to throw them away, you might start a fire in a garbage compactor facility. If they end up in a landfill, they'll be in earth's crust for thousands of years. That's before getting into how fast they become obsolete on their…
It's also totally possible to build the Airpods in a way that is battery replaceable: https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Samsung+Galaxy+Buds+Teardown...
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#8If anyone wishes to read it or similar European standards, each nation is required to sell it at a price proportional to the average wage, and hence the Estonian standards body is selling it[1] for €14, instead of the £204 the British standards institute wants.
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#9If anyone wishes to read it or similar European standards, each nation is required to sell it at a price proportional to the average wage, and hence the Estonian standards body is selling it[1] for €14, instead of the £204 the British standards institute wants. [1] https://www.evs.ee/en/evs-en-45554-2020
I know this is off topic but... As an European this is the first time I learn you need to pay to read EU standards. Anyone has any explanation why you need to pay for access to standards?
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#10Let's hope this catches on just like the energy labels did. After the EU forced manufacturers to improve energy use in their devices it soon improved situations for everyone on this planet.
Many other countries follow EU regulations directly or indirectly so let's hope for some easily repairable products in the future!