An EU-wide #RightToRepair has been adopted by the EU parliament with 584 votes in favour, 3 against and 14 abstentions. The directive now goes to the council and after it is officially published, member states have 24 months to implement it in national law.
And yes, smartphones are included. #ThanksEU
@jwildeboer Let me summarise for everyone:
- Law applies to household appliances and electronic devices deemed repairable
- Under the guarantee of a product (mandatory min 24 months), consumers can choose between a free replacement or free repair.
- After the guarantee, a repair or replacement must be provided for free, or at a reasonable (accounts for parts+labour) price.
- Law also bans software or hardware limitations against repairability.
Source: Reuters.
@torparskytt @jwildeboer "simply buy" is so elitist. I make less than a 1k€ a month, I cannot "simply buy" a 500€ Fairphone, dear. and I'm far from being the only one in that situation. this new law will be highly beneficial to people like me while people like you will still be able to "simply buy" expensive phones.
(don't get me wrong, I dream of the day I can buy a #Fairphone, but I'm still very fucking far to making it real.)
@jwildeboer
So happy to see this!!! Another step toward a sustainable future.
There's so many old appliances with hardware that works completely fine that end up in the trash bin because of moronic software lockouts, built in tamper prevention and all kinds of consumer hostile design.
Apple especiallt takes the cake by hardware locking each individual component with IDs, making them impossible to replace elsewhere than their own repair shops.
#consumerprotection #righttorepair #sustainability
@jwildeboer Alas the effect will be minimal as most electronics bought from HQXZLBT or some other random Chinese import name won't get parts/repairs and they'll ignore the law. Big Estores will say "we are just a market place" as they do now for the fake CE marks and illegal kit
If anything for most devices it'll have the reverse effect because the price differential between repairable legal and who gives a fuck imports will widen.
Needs serious import law changes to fix it IMHO
@jwildeboer the problem is that this ain't a real #RightToRepair bill and corporations like #Apple can literally #monopolize #repair and just choose to absurdly overcharge customers and quote i.e. the full MSRP for a new device for a screen replacement...
Personally, I think this is an effective #Downgrade because it doesn't have any #FRAND provisions to provide access to manuals, schematics, software, tools and parts including ICs...
[Video in German, quoting an independent repair shop]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3PB6hVWtYc
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