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#righttorepair

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Fabio

♻️ Sustainable technology requires rethinking our relationship with electronic devices:

The @RightToRepair movement is making progress securing legislation for repairable products
Modular phone designs like @Fairphone show electronics can be built to last
Repair cafés and @iFixit empower users to extend device lifespans

Environmental tech isn't just about energy—it's about consumption patterns too.
#RightToRepair #CircularEconomy #TechForGood

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Archus Byte

My kid's phone battery puffed up while on vacation. I had to get creative and deliver a replacement a few stops away. I wish these things were easier to replace. It's not fun trying to remove a puffy battery worrying about "thermal runaway". It's like the modern version of bomb defusing 😬

Now I have to find a place that will accept the old battery 🙄

A puffed up cell phone battery
#diy#RightToRepair
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Pottery by Osa

I’m at the point where I have to pause my workflow to maintain my #ElectricKiln. At a time when we’re fighting for the #RightToRepair, I just want to mention that #Skutt kilns are designed not only to be easy to use, but also easy to fix. I’ve replaced relays & thermocouples with ease over the years. Not trying to be a product endorser here (in fact definitely buy a used kiln if you can find one) but Skutt products always make me wish that everything was designed this way. #ceramics

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Valerie Roney

[edit: got help on the headphone parts hunt, thanks!]

On a related note, any AV nerds that can point me to where I can order replacement parts for these Bowers and Wilkins headphones?

It's got a nice click in and out cord, and squishy pads that pop off. Should all be fixable, but it's not my wheelhouse and my cog is trashed so searching this stuff out shreds my brain.
I'm in Canada, fyi re shipping etc.
Links and leads appreciated.
#rightToRepair #headphones #AVclub #audio #bowerswilkins

Photo of the inside ear pad base of my headphones with the port to click in the cord that also clicks in to the headphone jack on my phone.
Photo of the square Bowers and Wilkins swishy headphone pad, with some medical tape covering a tear in the black perforated fabric earhole part.
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iFixit

#RightToRepair could not have come sooner.

"The economic turmoil and uncertainty makes the prospect of buying a new device, especially an already pricey smartphone, laptop, or gaming console, seem like it’s going to become a lot more expensive. And if buying something new becomes harder and harder, it makes more sense to keep what you already have going strong."

Read more: wired.com/story/in-trumps-tari

Two hands, the left holding tweezers and the right a spudger, working on a Samsung smartphone. The phone has its screen and back glass removed, which are on the table next to it. The phone's battery and logic board are exposed. Above the phone and its parts are several screwdrivers and an iFixit Jimmy tool.
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Mr Intergalactic Keyboard

Website idea: a mashup of reddit and iFixit called “F these guys!” that surfaces/showcases 3d printable replacement parts and substitues for enshittified products. Things like replacement knobs for an oven, coat hooks, buttons for old stereos, car dashboard bits. Basically a pushback against planned obsolescence and the enshittification. Sure thingiverse and similar sites exist, but they are catch all. Difference here is a focused UI that encourages both models and replacement tutorials. Most stuff on Amazon is just plastic. The “vitamins” as the RepRap ppl call them are just a tiny portion of most manufactured goods. Website name is up for discussion. #3dPrinting #enshittification #maker #RightToRepair

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njoseph :fbx:

India’s repair culture gives new life to dead tech
theverge.com/tech/639126/india

> Singh recalls a young engineering student who visited his shop last year, desperate for a laptop to complete his coursework. “He had saved up for months but was still short of money. I put together a machine for him from spare parts, and he left with tears in his eyes. That is when you know this work matters.”

The Verge · The rise of ‘Frankenstein’ laptops in New Delhi’s repair marketsBy Hanan Zaffar
#rightToRepair
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Ned ‘Jonathan’ Schofield

…Unless I am misremembering or misconstruing, I infer my phone was

- made in 2018
- entered the UK sales chain in 2019
- was ‘purchased’ by me in 2021
- is becoming more and more flaky in 2025

I just got a spam email offering to help me upgrade to iPhone 16. But I don’t want an iPhone 16.

I want Apple to sell plans to make their phones last as long as possible. But of course they won’t. They have unintelligent Apple intelligence to foist upon the world

#rightToRepair
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Vee

#introduction
Mastodon is my digital hygiene compromise, I'm still spending too much time online but now #bloomscrolling instead of doomscrolling. #mosstodon changed for ever the way I'm hiking.
I try to be deliberate in boosting beauty, from #pottery to #squirrel to #hopepunk because I believe we as a species cannot function on anger and fear alone.
Also #RightToRepair #TransRightsAreHumanRights #FightForLibraries #SmashPatriarchy and many more.
One day I'll manage a #MardiPatisserie !

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