Right to Repair – Page 2

Rtings Asks – How Long Should a TV Last?

by Bob Raikes

Rtings.com, the US-based testing and review site, is conducting an interesting test of the longevity of TVs as they have a lot of sets that they keep after they have reviewed them. Looking at …

Tags:Repair| Right to Repair| TVs (TV Sets)| warranty

Links Week Starting 10th October 2022

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the first part of this week. For the next couple of weeks, we …

Apple Increases Self-Repair Programme

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Apple is adding the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro laptops with M1 chips to its Self Service Repair programme in the US. The repairs covered include fixes to the trackpad, Touch …

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Links Week Starting 4th July 2022

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the first part of this week. (I’m still catching up after Display Week!) …

New York Passes Right to Repair Law

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The New York State legislature has passed a “Right to Repair’ bill that means that from mid-2023 brands that sell digital electronic products in the stat will have to make parts, …

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Links Week Ending 27th May 2022

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the middle and end of this week. LaGuardia Does A Different Take On …

Apple has officially launched its Self Service Repair program

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Apple put out a press release saying that its Self Service Repair system is now available in the US and will expand into Europe and then beyond later this year. There’s …

Tags:Apple| Repair| Right to Repair| Smartphones| USA

Google joins Samsung in working with iFixit on a self-repair progra

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Google has joined the trend to helping device owners to repair things themselves by tying up with iFixit. iFixit will supply repair guides and will make parts available including “batteries, displays, …

Tags:Google| Repair| Right to Repair| Smartphones

Samsung Expands Customer-First Care Experience with New Self-Repair Program

by Artem Alekseenko

In delivering a customer-first care experience nationwide, Samsung is continually offering more convenient and accessible options for consumers to prolong the use of their devices, promote a circular economy and minimize e-waste. Samsung Electronics …

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Samsung Announces a Self-repair Programme

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Samsung US said that it is expanding the range of parts, repair tools and guides that will be available to consumers. The repair guides are being developed with the iFixit website. …

Tags:Apple| Repair| Right to Repair| Samsung| Smartphones

Apple Open to User Repairs

by Bob Raikes

What They Say We have been following the Apple repair topic and now the firm has said that it will have a ‘Self Service Repair’ programme that will allow some repairs to devices at …

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Some Electronics Repairs Are Illegal: Federal Law Could Change That

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Scientific American has set out, in an article by the CEO of iFixit, some of the barriers to repairs that US law has put in the way of enabling repairs to …