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New EU law requires devices to be repairable - Every phone, television or washing machine you buy in Europe must be easier to repair starting tomorrow. That’s when the European Right to Repair Act tak (www.nporadio1.nl)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by inari@piefed.zip to c/technology@lemmy.world
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The products covered by the obligation to repair currently include:

  • washing machines and washer-dryers
  • dishwashers
  • refrigerators
  • electronic displays
  • welding equipment
  • servers and data storage products
  • mobile phones, cordless phones and tablets
  • tumble dryers 
  • e-bikes and e-scooters batteries (from 18 February 2027)
  • local space heaters
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[–] GoatSynagogue@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago (2 children)

What exactly do you think you’d be able to easily repair on a video game console?

[–] picnic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Well how about mobile phone, laptop or a tablet?

I'm not seeing easy written anywhere, it can still be done by experts but the idea I feel would be that its overall possible to accomplish by a third party.

[–] ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Consoles are just computers now.

People repair those all the time.

[–] GoatSynagogue@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Yes and no. Yes in terms of architecture, no in terms of repairability and design. How many computers have a SoC with soldered RAM? How many computers don’t let you upgrade the cpu or GPU? Good luck trying to repair the GPU or cpu or ram or SSD on a modern console. It’s just not feasible. Not because they don’t want you to, but because of how intricate and specialised they are. The parts that you could repair on a console are already easily repair/replaceable.