Why is it so difficult to repair some electronics? devices? Have you ever wondered why it is so difficult to repair your smartphone, computer or console which one do you use? Companies build the devices in such a way that it basically doesn't allow you to do that.
A change but in the existing legislation, which will have the title "Right to repair", it could change things.
What is the problem exactly?
Many manufacturers do not want to allow their customers to be able to repair their own devices or make it from a local specialist store. On the contrary, they prefer to do so themselves (or through authorized dealers), which often comes at a cost that is much higher than what you would pay at a local repair shop, and of course much more than it would cost you to do it yourself.
So most manufacturers don't sell genuine spare parts and they don't offer information to repair the devices. In other words, they want to make it as difficult as possible for anyone to repair broken devices.
Let's say Apple has taken much bigger steps by even manufacturing its own screws (not the common screws security, but its own “Pentalobe” screws) to prevent users from easily opening their devices with a regular screwdriver.
Of course most manufacturers would prefer to buy a new phone or a computer in the event of a breakdown, which we often see, with very high charges for each repair, or with the well-known "impossible" repair phenomenon.
Of course you can always repair your device. There are websites where you can buy parts from the same suppliers that the manufacturers use (even if they are not technically "genuine parts"), and also instructions on Internet which offer repair information, Along with the above, the special tools needed to do it safely are also released.
But if you do, you will lose the guarantee ...
This is where the change in legislation called “Right to Repair” or “Right to Repair :. "
Currently, 17 states have enacted new legislation that will give independent repair shops the same access that manufacturers have to genuine parts, tools and information to help procedure consumer electronics repair.
At present it is not officially approved in the field of consumer electronics, but a law for the right of auto repair was passed in Massachusetts in 2012.
The good news is that this legislation is steadily gaining popularity, especially since the scandal with battery of the iPhone.
Repair: And the warranty?
So, the Right of Repair Law will allow you to open your devices. What will happen to the warranty?
In accordance with HTGBy techniqueIn this opinion, you can keep the guarantee. Thanks to the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act of 1975, it's illegal for companies to void your warranty just because you repaired or modified something yourself. They will have to prove that your repair or conversion caused something else in the device to malfunction. This means that those dreaded warranty stickers you see on many electronic devices are essentially meaningless... at least from a legal point of view.
I wish.
To do this.