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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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[–] defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com 132 points 3 weeks ago (19 children)

Interesting things that are not on the list:

  • Farming equipment
  • Motor and electric vehicles
  • Computers (including laptops)
  • Video game consoles
  • HVAC systems and equipment

Not sure if smart TVs fall under "electronic displays", or if they just mean commercial displays when they say that.

[–] GoatSynagogue@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago (9 children)

What exactly do you think you’d be able to easily repair on a video game console?

[–] balsoft@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 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.

[–] GoatSynagogue@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It would be especially hard to replace the RAM and SOC in them actually.

[–] balsoft@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago

Yes, fair.

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