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Finally a Law for Right to repair and hopefully therefore in the future more sustainable and better repairable Products. đ
FairPhone and ShiftPhone as Producer of Smartphones are already having this repairability in their Products long ago before that was made by Politics into a Law.
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An EU-wide #RightToRepair has been adopted by the EU parliament with 584 votes in favour, 3 against and 14 abstentions. The directive now goes to the council and after it is officially published, member states have 24 months to implement it in national law.
And yes, smartphones are included. #ThanksEU
đ§ The Fairbuds noise-canceling earbuds have an easily swappable battery
â„ @theverge
ă In addition to replacing the batteries, you can repair or exchange the left or right earbud, the silicone ring, earbud tips, the charging case outer shell, and the charging case core. The new buds also come with a standard two-year warranty, but you can add one extra year if you register them online ă
#Fairbuds #Fairphone #DIY #RightToRepair
The Fairbuds noise-canceling earbuds have an easily swappable battery
The company behind the Fairphone has launched the Fairbuds â a pair of easily repairable earbuds that come with a replaceable battery.Emma Roth (The Verge)
Who Cares Who Delivers Our Notifications?
Android or iPhone â either Google or Apple delivers our messages â surely? You don't accept that?
Time I Learned: there are freedom-respecting phones.
People who do not want to depend on Google or have them control our devices are using android-compatible but not google-controlled phones, a.k.a. âdegoogled phonesâ. We have been asking (ourselves) for several years if we can have google-free push notifications. Thanks to the developers of the UnifiedPush standard, the answer is now, âyes!â
But why?
You've probably heard of the Observer Effect. Partly influenced by hearing that someone is observing my blog from a social psychology angle relating to attitudes among the open source community, but also I was already thinking I should, I've decided to write more about why I write/build/care about the topics I choose. For a start I wrote a âWhy Would I Care?â section for my latest post Google-Free Push Messaging for Google-Free Phones. Here, that section is published as an article on its own.
Why Would I Care?
Why would I care how my push notifications reach my phone? What difference does it make to me?
That's a good question. Inside a building that has a good heating, ventilation and air conditioning system, we don't notice the system, we just feel comfortable. With push notification delivery, part of the answer is the same: the system just does its job and our notifications come through. Whether the delivery channel is controlled by Google or by us or by someone else doesn't change that. The immediate, concrete result is the same. So it's not about wanting it to function differently; that's not why I care.
The difference it makes to me is about freedom, privacy, independence, self-agency. I am happy to have the choice to use any particular company's service, but I am not happy to be forced to use them, to have no choice, if I can't leave no matter how bad it gets. What if I don't like Google monitoring my notifications to know what I'm doing? What if I don't like to live in fear of offending them in some way and being cut off from their service and having no replacement option? What if I just don't want to condone their business model by using it, but I still want to be notified when I have messages?
Push notification delivery is one of the many invisible technical services that underpin our online communication systems. These kinds of services are implicitly considered to be part of the public infrastructure, something that we now assume is available to everyone.
When we allow ourselves to become dependent on any particular company's service, and yet do not regulate it as a public service provider, then we subject ourselves to the company's whims, priorities and values, which are different from ours. They will inevitably act against public interests.
Building publicly owned infrastructure based on open standards and freedom software is therefore essential to ensure the independent provision of services aligned with public needs and values.
I am one of the people who feels it is my place to use, promote and build non-proprietary public services, both for my own mental wellbeing and because I believe it is important for society.
It is the same reason why I support: open Ed-Tech, degoogled phones, #matrix, #fediverse, freedom software, open-source hardware, #rightToRepair.
Speaking as one of the people who prefer our devices not to be controlled by and dependent on Google:
What do we want? UnifiedPush!When do we want it? Now!
I would love to work on any freedom tech project bringing UnifiedPush to a wider audience.
See my other posts tagged... #unifiedPush #degoogled #awesomeFOSS
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13 SHIFTcyclesâ»
Weiter gehtâs mit "repair". Blog: https://www.shiftphones.com/13-shiftcycles-teil-6/
FĂŒr uns steht fest: Wenn GerĂ€te nicht reparierbar sind, liegt ein Designfehler vor. Denn noch besser als Neues zu schaffen, ist Bestehendes zu erhalten. Die Reparatur eines GerĂ€tes soll einfach und wenn möglich auch direkt von den Nutzerinnen und Nutzern ĂŒbernommen werden können.
#shift #shiftphone #shifthappens #cycle #repair #righttorepair #reuse #recycle #reduce #sustainable
https://runder-tisch-reparatur.de/reparaturbonus-jetzt/
Wir haben unterschrieben!đïž
Ressourcen schonen muss sich lohnen - unter diesem Motto sammeln 20 Organisationen und Unternehmen Stimmen fĂŒr einen bundesweiten Reparaturbonus. Die Petition richtet sich an die Bundesregierung und fordert einen Zuschuss in Höhe von 50% der Reparaturkosten.
#righttorepair #repair #reparatur #shift #shifthappens
Reparaturbonus jetzt!
REPARATURBONUS JETZT! Deutschland produziert Berge von Elektroschrott. Nicht mal ein Viertel aller kaputten ElektrogerĂ€te wird repariert! Verbraucher*innen entscheiden sich hĂ€ufig fĂŒr den Neukauf, da Reparaturen schlichtweg zu teuer sind.Runder Tisch Reparatur
Great news for the Right To Repair:
"EU: Smartphones Must Have User-Replaceable Batteries by 2027 | PCMag"
#RightToRepair #EU #Europe #phone #batteries #tech
https://www.pcmag.com/news/eu-smartphones-must-have-user-replaceable-batteries-by-2027
EU: Smartphones Must Have User-Replaceable Batteries by 2027
The European Parliament just caused a major headache for smartphone and tablet manufacturers.Matthew Humphries (PCMag)
https://theconversation.com/in-rural-america-right-to-repair-laws-are-the-leading-edge-of-a-pushback-against-growing-corporate-power-199372
"Under the agreement, John #Deere promises to give farmers and independent repair shops access to manuals, diagnostics and parts. But thereâs a catch â the agreement isnât legally binding, and, as part of the deal, the influential #FarmBureau promised not to support any federal or state #RightToRepair legislation."
#patents
In rural America, right-to-repair laws are the leading edge of a pushback against growing corporate power
Corporations restrict what farmers can do with their own seeds, as well as their farm equipment when it breaks down.The Conversation
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-64206913
#RightToRepair, #RightToTinker
US farmers win right to repair John Deere equipment
The grassroots movement has grown among consumers around the world as repair costs soar.By Monica Miller (BBC News)
https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2023/mar/16/john-deere-gpl-violations/
"WeâŠpublicly call on John Deere to immediately resolve all of its outstanding GPL violationsâŠby providing complete source codeâŠthat the GPL & other copyleft licenses require, to the farmers & others who are entitled to it."
#OpenSource
John Deere's ongoing GPL violations: What's next
I grew up on a farm. My parents worked hard to grow crops and manage the farm business. My parents also found additional jobs to make ends meet. As farmers have done for millennia, my family used tools to farm.Software Freedom Conservancy
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Mercedes Puts Faster Acceleration Behind A Subscription Paywall
Back in July, BMW raised a bit of a ruckus when the company announced that it would be making heated seats a luxury option for an additional $18 per month. Now, Mercedes aims to take the concept onâŠTechdirt
Open letter for the right to install any software on any device - FSFE
Free Software Foundation Europe is a charity that empowers users to control technology. We enable people to use, understand, adapt, and share software.FSFE - Free Software Foundation Europe
#OpenSource #ConsumerRights #Computers #PlannedObsolescence #FOSS #ElectronicWaste #environmentalism #RightToRepair
You can sign it, too!
https://fsfe.org/activities/upcyclingandroid/openletter.html
#Ecodesign #RightToRepair #EWWR #FreeSoftware #LinuxMobile #UpcyclingAndroid
Open letter for the right to install any software on any device - FSFE
Free Software Foundation Europe is a charity that empowers users to control technology. We enable people to use, understand, adapt, and share software.FSFE - Free Software Foundation Europe
Fixing the #DMCA is making all the right people mad
https://youtu.be/hdd1wuCQ3tY
#dmca1201 #righttorepair
Fixing the DMCA is making all the right people mad
https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/3512830-proposed-repair-bill-goes-too-far/https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6566/text?r=4&s=1#:...YouTube
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
#Ecodesign #RightToRepair #FreeSoftware #UpcyclingAndroid
EU Ecodesign: 38 organisations demand the right to access and to reuse hardware - FSFE
The FSFE publishes an open letter, co-signed by 38 organisations and companies, to ask EU legislators for the right to install any software on any device, ...FSFE - Free Software Foundation Europe