Link: https://thefirmo.com/your-phone-was-designed-to-stop-working-the-eu-just-made-that-illegal-the-united-states-has-not/

The EU Right to Repair Directive takes effect July 31, 2026. Manufacturers must offer repair at fair prices. The US has no equivalent federal law. Here is what changed.

Can you include the text in comment? I’m not able to get the link to work.

It’s a good thing that the EU has the power and the will to push for this, things change globally because of it.

Gotta love the Brussel’s effect. Hopefully the eu parliament can stop future video games from being destroyed.

Just like the alternative app stores on iPhones globally, and the Nintendo Switch 2 with a user swappable battery, right?

USB-c for all charging

30% success rate then..

The three pillars of capitalism: monopoly, slavery and planned obsolescence.

Still higher than the USA's 0%.

There's a very specific brand of toxicity that says "if it's not 100% it's the same as 0%". Fuck those people.