Tag: Right to repair
The EU creates a right to repair – but the effect is unclear
clothes dryer According to EU plans, manufacturers should repair devices more often instead of replacing them. (Photo: dpa) Brussels The EU Commission has high hopes for its plan to introduce…
Apple also offers repair kits for iPhones and Macbooks in Germany
Even screw on the Macbook Air Anyone who dares can now repair their Macbook with an Apple chip or their iPhone 12 or 13 themselves. Experts criticize the high costs.…
Right to repair: No more paternalism
It was George Orwell’s novel 1984, of all things, that first raised awareness of the problem a few years ago. Amazon had deleted the story about a surveillance dystopia from…
“Right to repair”: traffic light plans meet with rejection
In business, however, the project is met with rejection. At EU level, there are already guidelines for the repairability of certain products. The managing director of the German Retail Association…
“Right to Repair” movement aims to make it easier to repair electrical appliances
Dusseldorf The end is announced weeks in advance. At first the electric toothbrush only lasts a good minute, soon only a few seconds, and at some point nothing moves at…