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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 tak (www.nporadio1.nl)
submitted 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) by inari@piefed.zip 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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[–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

So what exactly does this entail? Is Bosch going to make their dishwashers less awful to repair? Or are they going to say "well it's possible to repair it, and it's not glued shut like a phone, so we're good."

[–] Gumus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 hours ago

https://youtu.be/mFeXZNScWxI

They use a loophole to sell basicaly only the whole thing as a single bundle for the price of a new machine. No individual parts for replacement.

[–] laranis@lemmy.zip 4 points 11 hours ago

Yeah, feels like devil is in the details. Lots of gray area in "repairable".