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
  • GoatSynagogueEnglish
    1·
    5 hours ago

    What exactly do you think you’d be able to easily repair on a video game console?

    • dev_null@lemmy.mlEnglish
      5·
      4 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
        3·
        4 hours ago

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

        • youmaynotknow@lemmy.zipEnglish
          1·
          35 minutes ago

          A fat and weirdly shaped tablet, but I agree. I can do “switch” stuff by putting on an Abxylute or a Gamesir controller on a tablet.

    • balsoft@lemmy.mlEnglish
      4·
      4 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.

    • picnic@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      2·
      4 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.