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Right to Repair
Right to Repair Advocates Are Hosting Youtube Town Halls to Show You How to Get Involved in the Movement
Prominent right to repair advocates are teaching the basics of the movement and how to get in touch with legislators during live YouTube town halls.
Matthew Gault
2.1.19
Apple
Why a Helium Leak Disabled Every iPhone in a Medical Facility
The bizarre incident happened during the installation of an MRI machine and was a surprise to everyone except Apple.
Daniel Oberhaus
10.30.18
Right to Repair
Motorola Becomes First Smartphone Company to Sell DIY Repair Kits to Its Customers
As Apple continues to fight independent repair, Motorola partners with iFixit and supports the right to repair movement.
Jason Koebler
10.23.18
Apple
Apple's New Proprietary Software Locks Will Kill Independent Repair on New MacBook Pros
Failure to run Apple's proprietary diagnostic software after a repair "will result in an inoperative system and an incomplete repair."
Jason Koebler
10.4.18
Right to Repair
This 17-Year-Old Has Become Michigan's Leading Right to Repair Advocate
When Surya Raghavendran dropped his iPhone, he learned to repair it himself. Now he wants to protect that right for everyone in his home state of Michigan.
Matthew Gault
9.25.18
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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