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Right to Repair
Right to Repair
Appliance Companies Are Lobbying to Protect Their DRM-Fueled Repair Monopolies
Three letters obtained by Motherboard show that Dyson, LG, and Wahl are fighting right-to-repair legislation.
Jason Koebler
4.25.18
Right to Repair
Right to Repair
FTC Says 'Warranty Void If Removed' Stickers Are Bullshit, Warns Manufacturers They're Breaking the Law
Federal law says you can repair your own things, and manufacturers cannot force you to use their own repair services.
Matthew Gault
4.10.18
Right to Repair
Right to Repair
The Right to Repair Battle Has Come to Silicon Valley
A California lawmaker is making the state the 18th in the country to consider legislation that would make it easier to fix your things.
Jason Koebler
3.7.18
Right to Repair
Right to Repair
Washington Bill Would Make it Illegal to Sell Electronics That Don’t Have Easily Replaceable Batteries
iPhone CPU throttling controversy is fueling a new round of state-level right to repair legislation.
Jason Koebler
1.26.18
Right to Repair
Right to Repair
Apple Throttles iPhones That Have Old Batteries (But Didn't Tell You About it)
"What people think is, ‘My phone is slow, I need to replace it.’ And that causes a lot of perfectly good phones to get replaced."
Jason Koebler
12.20.17
iPhone X
iPhone X
How iFixit Became King of the iPhone Teardown
We went to Australia to learn how—and why—iFixit does its electronics teardowns.
Jason Koebler
11.3.17
Right to Repair
Right to Repair
Apple: iPhones Are Too 'Complex' to Let You Fix Them
Apple wants iPhone repair to be "fairly priced and accessible" but says it needs to control access to the market.
Jason Koebler
9.22.17
Right to Repair
Right to Repair
iPhone 8 Teardown: If it Cracks, Good Luck Replacing That New Glass Back
The iPhone 8 gets a lower repairability score than its predecessors.
Jason Koebler
9.22.17
go to australia
go to australia
This Is the First iPhone 8 Teardown
iFixit sent its engineers to Australia to get its hands on the new iPhone first.
Louise Matsakis
9.22.17
Right to Repair
Right to Repair
To Repair the Essential Phone, You Need to Literally Freeze It
iFixit gave the device a 1 out of 10 repairability score.
Louise Matsakis
9.5.17
E-Waste Nation
E-Waste Nation
Big Tech Has Destroyed America’s Sustainable Electronics Standards
Gadget companies have rigged America's only meaningful electronic environmental certification.
Jason Koebler
8.3.17
MacBook
MacBook
The 5-Year Quest to Unglue the MacBook Pro’s Battery
Years of chemical engineering has resulted in a solution that dissolves Apple's adhesive—and empowers DIY fixers.
Jason Koebler
7.12.17
