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Roundups

Activation Locks Are Trashing Millions of Usable Phones, Refurbishers Tell the FCC

Every week, we get a roundup of recent developments in Right to Repair news, courtesy of Jack Monahan from Fight to Repair, a reader-supported publication. Sign up to receive updates in your…

August 17, 2024

by Jack Monahan - iFixit

Activism

We Called on the FCC to End Cell Phone Carrier Locks Altogether

This month, the US Federal Communications Commission sought feedback on a welcome proposal to limit the frustrating practice of locking cell phones to specific carriers. Currently, most smartphone carriers are…

August 16, 2024

by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit

How To

Resurrect an Old Computer with Linux

Have you got an old computer that runs slow? A perfectly good old machine that time has passed by, and you don’t know what to do with it? A Mac…

July 9, 2024

by Charlie Sorrel - iFixit

Right to Repair

Today, Twenty Percent of the US Has the Right to Repair Electronics. Happy Repair Independence Day!

Today is a momentous day: Now, 20% of the American population is covered by an electronics Right to Repair law. Bills that passed in California and Minnesota go into effect…

July 1, 2024

by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit

Right to Repair

Apple Finally Promises to Enable Third-Party Parts (Mostly)

Apple just announced that they’re caving on a key parts pairing problem: They’ve promised to stop artificially hamstringing the performance of third-party parts. Mostly. For the last eight years of…

June 27, 2024

by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit

Video

Vision SE VR Teardown: What’s Inside an Ali Express VR Headset?

June 1, 2024

by Shahram Mokhtari - iFixit

Right to Repair

Colorado Adds Electronics to Right to Repair Protections

Today, Colorado’s governor has signed the state’s third Right to Repair bill into law, cementing its position as the best place in the world for repair access. Covering consumer electronics…

May 28, 2024

by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit

Legislation

The EU’s Take On “Right to Repair” Has Finally Been Approved

On Tuesday, the European Parliament finally voted to adopt the Directive on Common Rules Promoting the Repair of Goods legislation with 584 votes in favor, 3 against, and 14 abstentions. …

April 26, 2024

by Manuel Haeussermann - iFixit

E-Waste

Apple’s Recycling Program Forced Recyclers to Shred Over 530,000 Repairable iPhones

With Earth Day approaching, Apple is bragging about their “free” iPhone recycling program—you can bring your device in and trade it in for a discount on a new iPhone, if…

April 19, 2024

by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit

Right to Repair

The FTC and DOJ Call for Ice Cream Machine Repair

McDonald’s ice cream machines are always broken. 12% of the machines across the US are currently down. Back in August, we took one apart—we found they’re not bad to repair…

March 14, 2024

by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit