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The EU is making the Right to Repair the new standard in Europe

81 points by thisislife2 2mo ago

zb3 2mo ago
This should include the ability to unlock smartphone bootloaders, at least for those that are no longer supported.
gib444 2mo ago
I do wonder how the EC decides what to work on. Were EU citizens polled, and repairability of devices and appliances ranked as one of the top issues in their lives, for example? What's the process?
- schubidubiduba 2mo ago
  How does any government make decisions? The workings of the EU are maybe a tad more complex than most nation governments, but it largely functions the same with parliament etc. (because why wouldn't it) Maybe a special case is the European Council with all the individual nations governments. That makes the system similar to Germany's federalism I suppose
  - gib444 2mo ago
    So...how do they make the decisions? I was actually asking
  - cbeach 2mo ago
    The EU is completely different to a parliamentary democracy. Only the unelected European Commission is able to originate and repeal law. The elected “Parliament” is only able to vote Directives through. And if Parliament vote against a Directive, the Commission pushes repeatedly until they get the result they want. As former EU Commission President Jean Claude Juncker stated: “We decide on something, leave it lying around and wait and see what happens. If no one kicks up a fuss, because most people don't understand what has been decided, we continue step by step until there is no turning back.” https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jean-Claude_Juncker https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jean-Claude_Juncker
- Danox 2mo ago
  Native EU Companies/lobbyists complaining to the EU lawyers for relief.
ChrisArchitect 2mo ago
Blog post: Right to repair: New consumer rights for easy and attractive repairs https://commission.europa.eu/news-and-media/news/right-repair-new-consumer-rights-easy-and-attractive-repairs-2026-07-31_en https://commission.europa.eu/news-and-media/news/right-repai... (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49122624 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49122624)
contingencies 2mo ago
From the people who brought you USB-C. Great to see a step in the right direction, especially in this economic and political climate, and lovely to see it published via Mastodon. Go EU!
- 83642736392 2mo ago
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81 points by thisislife2 2mo ago

zb3 2mo ago

This should include the ability to unlock smartphone bootloaders, at least for those that are no longer supported.

I do wonder how the EC decides what to work on. Were EU citizens polled, and repairability of devices and appliances ranked as one of the top issues in their lives, for example? What's the process?

schubidubiduba 2mo ago
How does any government make decisions? The workings of the EU are maybe a tad more complex than most nation governments, but it largely functions the same with parliament etc. (because why wouldn't it) Maybe a special case is the European Council with all the individual nations governments. That makes the system similar to Germany's federalism I suppose
- gib444 2mo ago
  So...how do they make the decisions? I was actually asking
- cbeach 2mo ago
  The EU is completely different to a parliamentary democracy. Only the unelected European Commission is able to originate and repeal law. The elected “Parliament” is only able to vote Directives through. And if Parliament vote against a Directive, the Commission pushes repeatedly until they get the result they want. As former EU Commission President Jean Claude Juncker stated: “We decide on something, leave it lying around and wait and see what happens. If no one kicks up a fuss, because most people don't understand what has been decided, we continue step by step until there is no turning back.” https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jean-Claude_Juncker https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jean-Claude_Juncker
Danox 2mo ago
Native EU Companies/lobbyists complaining to the EU lawyers for relief.

ChrisArchitect 2mo ago

Blog post: Right to repair: New consumer rights for easy and attractive repairs https://commission.europa.eu/news-and-media/news/right-repair-new-consumer-rights-easy-and-attractive-repairs-2026-07-31_en https://commission.europa.eu/news-and-media/news/right-repai... (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49122624 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49122624)

contingencies 2mo ago

From the people who brought you USB-C. Great to see a step in the right direction, especially in this economic and political climate, and lovely to see it published via Mastodon. Go EU!

83642736392 2mo ago
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