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Right to Repair

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Whether it be electronics, automobiles or medical equipment, the manufacturers should not be able to horde “oem” parts, render your stuff useless if you repair it with aftermarket parts, or hide schematics of their products.

I Fix It Repair Manifesto

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Great channel covering and advocating right to repair, Lewis Rossman

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EU Adds Exemptions To User-Serviceable Batteries Rules (hackaday.com)
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cross-posted from: https://lemy.lol/post/68742960

Built-in batteries put a timebomb inside devices, with especially the calendar aging feature of Li-ion chemistries setting a hard limit on when you’ll have to toss the device or figure out a way to replace the battery somehow. Here the EU’s Battery Regulation policy with the 2027 implementation of the user-serviceable battery requirement provided a lot of hope. Now six new categories of exemptions are diminishing what could have been a bonanza of easy repairability.

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[–] blitzen@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

Let’s not let perfect be the enemy of good. A step forward is still a step in the right direction.