{"id":118313,"date":"2021-07-13T17:04:35","date_gmt":"2021-07-13T11:34:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=118313"},"modified":"2021-07-13T17:04:35","modified_gmt":"2021-07-13T11:34:35","slug":"what-is-the-right-to-repair-movement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/what-is-the-right-to-repair-movement\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the \u2018right to repair\u2019 movement?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/explained-what-is-the-right-to-repair-movement-7400287\/lite\/\">Indian Express <\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Relevance<\/strong>: How the right to repair movement will be beneficial for consumer protection.<\/p>\n<p><b>Synopsis<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In recent years, countries around the world have been attempting to pass effective &#8216;right to repair&#8217; laws. But the movement has faced tremendous resistance from tech giants such as Apple and Microsoft over the years.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b>Background<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The right to repair movement is gaining traction in developed countries, including the US and U.K.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On 9th July 2021, the US President signed an executive order. It has lifted restrictions imposed by manufacturers that limit consumers\u2019 ability to repair their gadgets on their own terms.\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>The UK<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, too, introduced right-to-repair rules that should make it much easier to buy and repair daily-use gadgets such as TVs and washing machines.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>European Union\u2019s <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">right to repair laws require manufacturers to ensure that electronic goods can be repaired for up to a decade.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><b>About Right to Repair Movement<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a movement to give every consumer the right to repair their own electronics and other products.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The movement traces its roots back to the very dawn of the computer era in the 1950s.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The supporters of the movement argue that electronic manufacturers are encouraging a culture of <\/span><b>\u2018planned obsolescence\u2019.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This means that devices are designed specifically to last a limited amount of time and to be replaced.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This leads to immense pressure on the environment and wastage of natural resources, as manufacturing an electronic device is a highly polluting process.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It makes use of polluting sources of energy, such as fossil fuel, which has an adverse impact on the environment.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Objectives<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To prevent customer\u2019s reliance on restricted and expensive authorized retailers for repairing their obsolete devices.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To induce the manufacturers to make durable and long-lasting devices.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also, to prevent faster dumping of electronic devices into the landfill and encouraging judicious use of resources for environment protection.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To boost business for small repair shops, which are an important part of local economies. If a manufacturer has a monopoly on repairs, then prices rise exponentially and quality tends to drop.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><b>But why do electronic manufacturers oppose this movement?<\/b><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Large tech companies, including Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, and Tesla, have been lobbying against the right to repair.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They argue that opening up their <\/span><b>intellectual property to third-party repair services or amateur repairers could lead to exploitation. It will impact the safety and security of their devices.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These companies are constantly claiming that <\/span><b>they are working towards greater durability themselves.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This year, Apple took more steps towards reducing its contribution to e-waste. It has expanded its free, independent repair provider program in 200 countries.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Microsoft has pointed out how it <b>improved the battery and hard drive of its third-generation Surface Laptop <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">after it was criticised for making it next to impossible to replace the battery in older models.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Indian Express \u00a0 Relevance: How the right to repair movement will be beneficial for consumer protection. Synopsis: In recent years, countries around the world have been attempting to pass effective &#8216;right to repair&#8217; laws. But the movement has faced tremendous resistance from tech giants such as Apple and Microsoft over the years. Background: The&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/what-is-the-right-to-repair-movement\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What is the \u2018right to repair\u2019 movement?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10322,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704902106},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10322"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118313"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118313\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}