Europe’s new Right to Repair Directive will make it easier — and cheaper — for consumers to get their household goods fixed, rather than buy something new. Part of the E.U.’s Green Deal, the plan is expected to slash waste, promote recycling, and cut greenhouse gas emissions.
  • Big Baby Thor@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Schematics, CAD files and open firmware provided at sale should be the end goal for all electronics. But making vendors rely on common tools and utilities for disassembling their products is a good start.

    It should then also be applied to cars. Give manufactures about 3 years to sort their shit out, make their vehicle repairable, modifyable, or alternatively every car made after the fact has an automatic 300% tariff on it - whether it is foreign or locally made.

    Set a hard line for those bastards. Watch BMW, WV, Ford, etc cry their sweet crocodile tears…

    While BYD goes “okay, boss - thanks for bigger market share”.

    ¯\(ツ)/¯

  • Jimbel@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Also open protocolls for data should be required by law. In order to break all these platforms.

    I do not want to be forced to use WhatsApp just because everyone is using it.

    Also I want to use devices from different manufacturers and combine them with each other. E.g. I want to be able to use garmin sensors/devices together withthr suunto sports watch or the withing scale etc.