right to repair Archives

Colorado’s new right-to-repair law ensures tractor and wheelchair owners get the parts they need

By News Curator

Colorado’s governor signed a refreshingly straightforward “right-to-repair” bill into law this afternoon, requiring companies to provide resources like parts, firmware and manuals for devices that they previously kept secret and proprietary even if an owner wanted to do the repairs themselves. Colorado’s “Consumer Repair Bill of Rights Act” is one of many such bills that […]

Colorado’s new right-to-repair law ensures tractor and wheelchair owners get the parts they need by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch

Europe tools up for the repairable future

By News Curator

The European Commission has laid out another piece of its Circular Economy Action Plan today — adopting a proposal to set common EU rules which are intended to make it easier for consumers to get faulty products repaired. The “right to repair” measures are aimed at reducing e-waste by preventing repairable products from being prematurely […]

Europe tools up for the repairable future by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch

New York’s right-to-repair bill has major carve-outs for manufacturers

By News Curator

During the lull between last Christmas and New Year’s, New York State became one of the first in the country to enact a “right to repair” law — albeit with amended language that some advocates say make the law toothless. Called the Digital Fair Repair Act and set to go into effect on July 1, […]

New York’s right-to-repair bill has major carve-outs for manufacturers by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Repairable laptop firm Framework introduces refurbished program

By News Curator

Framework is at the vanguard of a growing movement to make electronics more repair-friendly. Some have done so by choice and others have been…nudged in that direction by looming right to repair legislation across the globe. Framework, like Fairphone, is making that a core principle of its technology, without sacrificing the final project (check Devin’s […]

Repairable laptop firm Framework introduces refurbished program by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch

Samsung launches user self-repair kits for Galaxy Devices

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Way back in March, Samsung joined a growing number of hardware makers announcing self-repair initiatives. The list, which includes similar offers from both Apple and Google, finds companies proactively reacting to potential right to repair legislation. Both Samsung and Google teamed up with popular repair site iFixit for their offerings, providing low-cost tools to fix…

India proposes right to repair framework for mobile phones, consumer durables

By News Curator

India has proposed to introduce a right to repair law, aiming to provide consumers the ability to have their devices repaired by third parties to fight the growing “culture of planned obsolescence” in a move that follows similar deliberations in the U.S. and the UK. The Indian Department of Consumer Affairs said Wednesday that it […]