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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)
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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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[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I wonder how it handles things like protected software code? Repairable probably would mean buying an electronics module worth more than the device.

[–] blackbeans@lemmy.zip 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

According to the directive, software may not be used to block lawful repairs. But yes, they don't have to give away their intellectual property either.

[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 hours ago

they are already required to publish the kernel source code for the device, so porting an alternative system should be possible, and this directive might make it illegal to lock down the software from being replaced. but there is still a loophole around drivers, as those are implemented through a "hardware abstraction layer" on android.