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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)
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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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[–] TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zip 9 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

But not games...

[–] BigDiction@lemmy.world 5 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Ah fuck boys, we enacted this landmark repairability legislation for daily use machines, but forgot to include video games.

For real though do you mean game consoles, the software?

[–] SpacetimeMachine@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago

They're referencing the stop killing games initiative that was turned down recently. It is akin to this but the software version.

[–] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 4 points 8 hours ago

Games industry is somehow infinitely more corrupt.