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How Do You Make A Repairable E-Reader


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#handheldshacks #ifixti #kobo #repair #righttorepair #hackaday
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Introducing the new #Repair and #Reuse Declaration! 🎉 ⁠

We're calling for support from the UK government to move away from our throwaway economy and make it easier for people to repair products 🔧 🧰⁠

https://repairreusedeclaration.uk/

Over 125 groups have already signed it. Find out more ⬇️

#RepairDay #RepairReuseDeclaration #RepairForEveryone
#RightToRepair


A Ton Of Folks Don’t Know What ‘Right To Repair’ Is, But Strongly Support It Once They Do https://www.techdirt.com/2023/07/21/a-ton-of-folks-dont-know-what-right-to-repair-is-but-strongly-support-it-once-they-do/ #RightToRepair #technology #tech


#EU #RightToRepair: "Today, the Commission is proposing new rules to help consumers make informed and sustainable choices when purchasing mobile and cordless phones, and tablets, under the existing EU Energy Labelling Regulation. This new proposal comes on the same day as the approval of measures to make these devices more energy efficient, durable and easier to repair by the European Parliament and Council, following a Commission proposal in November 2022, under the EU Ecodesign Regulation.

These measures help to make the EU's economy more circular, save energy, cut our carbon footprint, support circular business models and deliver the benefits of the European Green Deal for consumers.

Mobile phones and tablets produced according to these rules will save almost 14 terawatt hours in primary energy each year by 2030. This is one third of the primary energy consumption of these products today. The new rules will also help to optimise the use of critical raw materials and facilitate their recycling."

https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_23_3315


If you're even vaguely familiar with #RightToRepair , care about #ClimateChange #Sustainability and #PlannedObsolescence this is amazing news!

Credit where it's due ... thanks to #LouisRossman and many more for 10 years of work to finally have a major victory over #JohnDeere which was lobbying hard to stop farmers from having the right to fix their own property.

After ten years, John Deere FINALLY lost

https://yewtu.be/watch?v=4gZwaIjpZB0

FUCK YOU JOHN DEERE!
Louis Rossman giving the finger to John Deere


Update. Turns out that John #Deere has been using open code under the #GPL w/o living up to the license. The Software Freedom Conservancy (@conservancy) is calling on it to comply — which would greatly enhance #farmers' #RightToRepair.
https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2023/mar/16/john-deere-gpl-violations/

"We…publicly call on John Deere to immediately resolve all of its outstanding GPL violations…by providing complete source code…that the GPL & other copyleft licenses require, to the farmers & others who are entitled to it."

#OpenSource


Update. In rural America, right-to-repair laws are the leading edge of a pushback against growing corporate power.
https://theconversation.com/in-rural-america-right-to-repair-laws-are-the-leading-edge-of-a-pushback-against-growing-corporate-power-199372

"Under the agreement, John #Deere promises to give farmers and independent repair shops access to manuals, diagnostics and parts. But there’s a catch – the agreement isn’t legally binding, and, as part of the deal, the influential #FarmBureau promised not to support any federal or state #RightToRepair legislation."

#patents


I'm very glad to see farmers win the right to repair their tractors. It's a win for consumers against bogus #IP objections from manufacturers.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-64206913

#RightToRepair, #RightToTinker


"Tractor maker John Deere has agreed to give its US customers the right to fix their own equipment."

Finally! But this is just the beginning. We need the right to repair everything, everywhere!

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-64206913

#RightToRepair #JohnDeere @pluralistic


More than 100 European organisations and companies have already signed our #OpenLetter about the universal right to install any software on any device. Now, in the European Week for Waste Reduction, we open up the letter to be signed by individuals. Join us now and sign the letter yourself today: https://fsfe.org/news/2022/news-20221121-01.html

#Ecodesign #RightToRepair #FreeSoftware #EWWR
Four illustrations. 1 three gears in different colors and sizes    integrate with each other, while one has the coding abbreviation on    it. 2 a phone-like device out of which come three arrows, one to the    left, one to the right and one straight ahead. 3 four different    geometrical figures are connected via bridges 4 a phone like device    looks like a lock that has been opened


The #RightToRepair Initiative published a clear and nice illustrated summary about the current #EU Commission's draft act for the new #Ecodesign rules on #smartphones and tablets.

The good, the bad and the ugly: https://repair.eu/news/new-eu-rules-on-smartphones-and-tablets-have-your-say/


38 European organisations, including Fairphone has signed the @FSFE@twitter.com’s #OpenLetter to ask for the right to install any software on any device, including full access to hardware. This supports reusability and longevity of our devices: https://bit.ly/3vStsge
#RightToRepair


Dear lazyweb,

is it me not being able to do an internet search, or is there no logo for #RightToRepair?


I'm sure you've all signed already the #10YearPhone campaign by repair.eu, right?

https://10yearphone.com/

Thank you!

#RightToRepair



These fully working iPads should be going to families in need, but they will be scrapped instead because they are Activation Locked and @Apple won’t help. #righttorepair #wwdc

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