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We’re fighting for your Right to Repair, and we want you to be a part of it. If you want to know how you can help, look no further than the calls to action below.

Activism

We’re Afraid of Warranty Stickers, but Really, Manufacturers Should Be

According to a survey published today by consumer group U.S. PIRG, 45 out of 50 appliance manufacturers automatically void the warranty of a device if it has undergone “unauthorized” repair.…

October 11, 2018

by Kay Kay Clapp - iFixit

Legislation

European Policymakers Plot a Path Past Planned Obsolescence

I crawled out from underneath my refrigerator last Sunday, peeled a cobweb off my forehead, and cursed. My refrigerator has been on the fritz, and the starter capacitor was failing.…

September 26, 2018

by Kyle Wiens - iFixit

Activism

11,000 Signatures Wasn’t Enough to Keep Eric Lundgren Out of Prison

Today, Eric Lundgren turned himself in to the Sheridan Federal Correctional Institution, where he will spend the next fifteen months isolated from society, the internet, and his business. His crime?…

June 14, 2018

by Kyle Wiens - iFixit

Legislation

The Future of Electronics Recycling Hinges on Right to Repair Legislation

California leads the world in environmental policy, and the state agency CalRecycle oversees the nation’s first and largest electronics recycling programs in the world. Fifteen years in, Howard Levenson, Deputy…

June 1, 2018

by Kyle Wiens - iFixit

Activism

Take Back Your Right to Repair by Removing Illegal Warranty Stickers

Warranty Void if Removed stickers are everywhere. Turns out, those stickers are not only unenforceable—they’re illegal! Back in 1975, federal law was put in place to protect the rights of…

May 2, 2018

by Kay Kay Clapp - iFixit

Activism

Repair Advocates Call for Microsoft to Meet In Light of Lundgren Case

As Microsoft faces tough questions about how it handled the case of Eric Lundgren, facing 15 months in prison for duplicated restore discs, U.S. PIRG and iFixit noted the tough…

May 1, 2018

by Kyle Wiens - iFixit

Legislation

California Confronts Tech Giants in Their Own Backyard

Over a third of US states propose Right to Repair. Join the Right to Repair movement at Repair.org!

March 7, 2018

by Kay Kay Clapp - iFixit

Activism

E-Waste Activists Crash One of the World’s Biggest Tech Parties

Crowds likely did a double-take this week as they streamed into World Mobile Congress, the world’s largest mobile tech conference on the planet. And not because of the new gadgets.…

February 26, 2018

by Julia Bluff - iFixit

Consumer Rights

Things That Go Bump in the Copyright

With the powers of copyright law, the DMCA, and EULA’s combined, manufacturers are doing a bang-up job of killing the non-OEM repair industry. As more companies put digital locks over…

January 16, 2018

by Kay Kay Clapp - iFixit

Activism

Keep the Internet Weird: Save Net Neutrality

The Internet is under attack! Will you join a massive, Internet-wide Day of Action to save the open Internet? Learn how you can join the protest or spread the word…

July 12, 2017

by Kay Kay Clapp - iFixit