Users who want to keep using their devices for a longer time, or to reuse their
hardware in a creative way, face a wide range of barriers: from obsolescence to an
unexpected end-of-support, from spare part serialization to locked boot loaders. In practice,
these artificial restrictions on using and reusing hardware are ultimately imposed by software.
We signatories of the Open Letter signed by more than 38 European organizations
and companies to support #RightToRepair #EcoDesign
hardware in a creative way, face a wide range of barriers: from obsolescence to an
unexpected end-of-support, from spare part serialization to locked boot loaders. In practice,
these artificial restrictions on using and reusing hardware are ultimately imposed by software.
We signatories of the Open Letter signed by more than 38 European organizations
and companies to support #RightToRepair #EcoDesign