[sbarre]

I wonder as we (slowly) march towards "greener" laws and more climate-conscious ways, if some of this will tie into that?

I feel like you could get good traction on right-to-repair if it was framed around waste reduction and a cleaner future.

Which means we might not get there for a generation still, but these things feel related to me.

[CarelessExpert]

They're absolutely related. In fact, a lot of discussions around the Right to Repair specifically center on the issue of e-waste. For example, you'll find that all over Framework's website. From https://frame.work/ca/en/about :

> Consumer electronics is broken. We’ve all had the experience of a busted screen, button, or connector that can’t be fixed, battery life degrading without a path for replacement, or being unable to add more storage when full. Individually, this is irritating and requires us to make unnecessary and expensive purchases of new products to get around what should be easy problems to solve. Globally though, it’s much worse. We create over fifty million tons of e-waste each year. That’s 6 kg or 13 lb per person on earth per year, made up of our former devices. We need to improve recyclability, but the biggest impact we can make is generating less waste to begin with by making our products last longer.

Certainly, for myself, the right to repair is very much about ending the cycle of disposable products so we can create a more sustainable future.

[sbarre]

Thanks for that link, it's a much better articulated version of what is in my head. :-)