@EUCommission Maybe you could just rely on free market itself and instead of adding more mandatory obligations, just make possible create spare parts, service and allow to create whatever parts without need of license/approval to do so?

@EUCommission this is amazing!!!

@EUCommission how long until this is scrapped again due to German butt aches?

@EUCommission

Impoter: "I need spare parts for last years model!"

Chinese: "But it is OU that always wants NEW design... so NO parts here!?!"

#righttorepair #China #EU #import #Wirtschaftswachstum #design

@EUCommission This has got to be a troll account.

@EUCommission How about pouring 30B into this rather than pissing it away on AI bolllocks?

@EUCommission very good, but did you really have to use genAI to make this post?

@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu what the hell is this flowchart?

let's say i hate money. then, it reads:

should i toss my broken tech? a bit!

??? that's not the correct shaped answer to that question.

"am I a billionaire" with no/maybe? billionaires don't care about right to repair; they can easily afford to get a new one . why are they even on this chart. what kind of answer is "maybe". and why is the option of going to a "cheap" repair shop under this non-negative answer to billionaire? do non-billionaires not get to go to a repair shop? do poor people have to repair it themselves, with their own personal expertise?

also, the remaining two branches, while decent to demonstrate the intent here for how to reduce waste.... also are not shaped like "should i toss my broken tech?" . none of the answers are shaped like that.. the question should read more like "what to do with broken tech?" or just "my tech is broken". then, the "repair it"/"fix it" branches make sense.

both of those branches make sense in isolation but together are strange because repairing something and fixing it is the same thing!!! those words are synonyms!!! the warranty branch should specify "manufacturer repairs it for free + 1 year of warranty" and the other branch should be "buy parts up to 10 years and repair it yourself". the "billionaire" question should say "do you have tech repair knowledge?" and the other branch should say "take it to a repair shop, who will buy the parts and fix it for you".

some others have pointed this out, and i too will ask: is this AI-generated?? because this sure smells like slop. it is not very coherent.

@EUCommission now every company has a great reason to make your everyday electrical stuff really expensive

"You know... we need more skilled stuff, a location to fix things, and we need to store 100000 spare parts, you don't want to wait for shipping, do you? "

#righttorepair #prices #skills #poverty

@EUCommission why did you not take a washing machine as an exsample? please explain how it works? You clearly put an end to Washing machines under 300 Euro. Or will my friendly #DHL take it to the repair shop? You know that im home rpair already charge for just showing up? haha well, congratulations for choosing a phone as exsample, a laptop would already be near impossible (if you can use a calculator)

#righttorepair

@EUCommission

May I ask 2 questions please?

* Have you considered many EU citizen live on an island? So, repair itself might become cheaper, but who is going to pay for the costs for the technician? Especially when it's still under warranty.
We bought a new laundry machine, although the broken one was still under warranty. But the costs for a technician was almost as high as a new one. New one came in 3 days. Technician and parts would have been in about 10 days ...

Again: please consider while making your rules and regulations that not everybody in the EU live at the same circumstances, but those EU citizens too do have the same rights!

2nd: when is there going to be a rule like the c-to-c for phones /chargers for other standard things? Most of those are made in plastic, some even never used because the customer uses/puts the devise/whatever on another possible way.
I have made a list, if you are interested. That would make a lot less garbage in the world.

@EUCommission sometimes repairing and improving longetivity also means being able to install your own software.

It would be great if the EU could forbid locking boot loaders of general purpose computing devices like smart phones, tablets, and laptops.

While we are at it, also require an alternative to Google/Apple remote attestation, so that we can still run out apps on repaired devices, or even better, European devices like Jolla's Sailfish OS phones.

@EUCommission A bit? 🤔

@EUCommission
Your land is stolen. Your people are murdered, abducted and tortured. Somehow, dying seems as likely as living.

✅️ End the EU-Israel Association Agreement
🔧 Ban trade with illegal settlements
📅 Impose sanctions on violent settlers and extremist ministers
📍 Halt Horizon and bilateral funding to Israel
➡️ Restore and increase funding to Palestinian institutions and UNRWA, so that workers and vital services can continue.

@EUCommission #repairTheEU #stopChatcontrol #stopAiGigafactories #protectTheWater

@EUCommission haha what kind of image is that? made with AI? where is the label?

#AI #righttorepair #joke

@EUCommission
Practically that would mean that parts that weren't available to repair my telephone last year should be available now?

I had a broken screen and the FaceID module was thrown out with the old one, in went the new - without that module.

Or does this only apply to products being introduced in the market, and from now on?

@EUCommission Now pair this with Stop Killing Games and some type of Stop Obsoleting/Killing Software

@EUCommission

Did you use AI for this graphic? It sure looks like it.

Please stop using the fascist nonsense machine. You are burning down the planet for silly memes that don't make sense.

@EUCommission That's a good step. However, devices can also get obsolete if they no longer receive updates, even if the hardware part works perfectly. This has a name: planned obsolescence. Something needs to be done about this too.

@EUCommission
Our democracies fail.
Our leaders give up on human rights.
Somehow, authority seem fancier than liberty.

Could EU work on that as well ?
Not just cell phone stuff (mobility, plugs...) and Erasmus programs, which are definitely good things, but also
- Media concentration #Bollore
- Computer monopolies #Gafam #IA
- Welcoming migrants #Frontex
- Individual protection and no #ChatControl
- Sustainable agriculture v. Agricultural lobbies
- Sobriety v. Business corruption

@EUCommission that's amazing. Hope that will also be applied to cars and that there are timelines and consequences in there for not meeting the requirements.

Waiting now more than four months for my #citroen to receive a replacement part with no estimated delivery date yet. So there is real room for improvement I think.

@EUCommission props for acknowleding that billionaires are counter-productive to what the EU propagates.

@EUCommission

Moreover, you should think of something about phones and tablets with healthy hardware but outdated software. So many companies especially in China stop the software updates/upgrades after like 2-3 years. And moreover, they also make it too hard for the #FOSS communities to come up with alternative operating system for these devices.

Some companies lock the device to prevent installing custom OS.

Some other violate #GPL and they don't release the #Linux source code for their devices.

Some release the GPL code with a 1 year delay. Which means FOSS community is 1 year behind to bring custom OS to the device.

All of these contribute to #ewaste and they harm the planet. And many people are forced to buy a new phone/tablet every 1-3 years to get a newer Android version.

@EUCommission schematics must be supplied