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Not exactly the answer to your question but France recently adopted a repairability score that has to be shown, just like the energy efficency class or nutritio
by GuB-42 6y ago
Not exactly the answer to your question but France recently adopted a repairability score that has to be shown, just like the energy efficency class or nutrition labels.
The criteria are:
1- Documentation
2- Ease of disassembly, with a subsection on the necessary tools and a focus on the parts that are most likely to be serviced (for smartphones: battery, screen, ...)
3- Availability of spare parts
4- Price of spare parts relative to the finished product price
5- Extra criteria which depend on the type of item, for a smartphone, software updates are in this category
- rasz 6y agoand Apple devices score 7 out of 10 and up. Its all self assessment. This law is a farce.
- GuB-42 6y agoiPhones are surprisingly repairable. But yes, some scores are... unexpected.
- jll29 6y agoThe idea is good, the implementation needs improvement. Germany hasn't adopted the French approach, but awaits a Europe-wide initiative. Let's hope the lobbyists can't pull its teeth.