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'Right to Repair' isn't the same as 'Reparable'. A device could have everything you claim it needs to be user-serviceable yet without the right to repair that
by shuntress 9y ago
'Right to Repair' isn't the same as 'Reparable'.
A device could have everything you claim it needs to be user-serviceable yet without the right to repair that device it would be illegal for a user to do so.
- mikl 9y agoAt least as far as I understand the article, EUs program is both about the legal right to (try) to repair things (which I have nothing against), but also to “force vendors to design products for longer life and easier maintenance.”. ie. the Eurocrats want to dictate hardware design. Hard to imagine anything good coming out of that.
- TeMPOraL 9y ago> ie. the Eurocrats want to dictate hardware design. Hard to imagine anything good coming out of that. This is a pretty bad summary. They don't want to dictate hardware design - only dictate additional constraint of "stop making shitty stuff". How to do hardware design while respecting this constraint is up to hardware designers.