The right to repair movement has scored some big wins

If you own it, you should be able to fix it.

OPINION | TWO BITS For too long, consumers have had to deal with devices that need to be thrown away, or returned to an expensive ‘authorised repair center’ to be fixed at too high a cost. Even something as simple as replacing a battery is all too frequently an impossible task. Some phones and laptops are harder to break into than Fort Knox. Manufacturers are all too happy to rake in the profits when you’re forced to buy a new device instead of repairing an older one. It’s planned obsolescence in action. Things like custom tools, non-available replacement parts or proprietary software are things that prevent end users from extending the life of their devices. Thankfully, slowly but surely, world governments are waking up to these shenanigans and are introducing…

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APC (Digital) - 1 Issue, December 2023

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