The EU is making the Right to Repair the new standard in Europe

The EU is making the Right to Repair the new standard in Europe(ec.social-network.europa.eu)

28 points by thisislife2 2 hours ago | 3 comments

zb3 1 hour ago |

This should include the ability to unlock smartphone bootloaders, at least for those that are no longer supported.

ChrisArchitect 53 minutes ago |

Blog post:

Right to repair: New consumer rights for easy and attractive repairs

https://commission.europa.eu/news-and-media/news/right-repai...

(https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49122624)

gib444 1 hour ago |

I do wonder how the EC decides what to work on. Were EU citizens polled, and repairability of devices and appliances ranked as one of the top issues in their lives, for example? What's the process?