Thank you E.U. I hope you have a run of people buying and shipping products all over the world and it pressures everyone else to follow suit.
this post was submitted on 01 Aug 2026
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Wont do.
Why?
Exhibit A: Nintendo (Switch)
Exhibit B: Logitech
I mean buying from the EU to ship to themselves. It's late here. I'm tired.
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But not games...
Ah fuck boys, we enacted this landmark repairability legislation for daily use machines, but forgot to include video games.
For real though do you mean game consoles, the software?
They're referencing the stop killing games initiative that was turned down recently. It is akin to this but the software version.
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This is a step in the right direction love it. Although I got a reality check recently when I bought a washing machine and had a chat with the guy selling them new and used. He said that from 201X onwards basically the manufacturers constructed the insides of them in a single piece which is 350€ and with that it’s not economical to fix them. So yea technically they are repairable. But I have little hope that this will actually change something for consumers or the environment.
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This is good.
The RIGHT to repair does you no good if the thing itself is not DESIGNED to be repaired.
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I have a super common type (in EU) of Philips water kettle. It's a reliable machine. Unfortunately the little filter "screen" for the pouring sprout is starting to break now, after many many years of use. I can't find a replacement. It's a super easy to manufacture part, must be a very common "breaking thing" on this widespread device... Nope.
Philips HD4646 if anyone knows a source 🙈
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