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Federal Cabinet Brings Right to Repair on the Way
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afb social & green IT [Newsroom]Ettlingen (ots) - Premium-IT-Refurbisher afb social & green IT welcomes the right to repair decided in the Federal Cabinet as a groundbreaking signal for business and sustainability. CEO Daniel Büchle emphasizes: "The new law finally sets ... Continue reading here...Original content of afb social & green IT, transmitted by news up-to-date
Repair instead of throwing away: In order to promote this, the Federal Government has introduced a new law. The right to repair should apply, for example, to appliances such as washing machines and mobile phones - and takes the manufacturers into the obligation.
Consumers will have the right to repair defective electrical appliances in the future.
Repair instead of throwing away: In the future, manufacturers should have to repair certain devices at fair prices – even after the guarantee has been terminated. What the new right to repair means for consumers.
Manufacturers of smartphones and household appliances will have to offer repairs for years in the future. Those who patch instead of swap will get a longer warranty.
The right to repair, which the German cabinet approved on Wednesday, doesn't go far enough from the Left Party's perspective. "It's pointless to have a right to repair if people ultimately can't afford it," said Janis Ehling, the Left Party's federal managing director, to the Rheinische Post (Thursday edition). Devices must be designed in such a way that they can actually be repaired. "That only works without tricks, without expensive special pa…
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