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New EU law requires devices to be repairable - Every phone, television or washing machine you buy in Europe must be easier to repair starting tomorrow. That’s when the European Right to Repair Act takes effect (www.nporadio1.nl)
submitted 3 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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
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[+] 0 points 3 months ago (9 children)
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  • [–] 12 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months 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.

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