What is Right to Repair?
The Right to Repair movement aims for:
How did it came to existence?
Lifespan enhancement: The goal of the movement is to increase the lifespan of products and to keep them from ending up in landfills.
Against planned obsolescence: The electronic manufacturers are encouraging such culture so that devices are designed specifically to last a limited amount of time and to be replaced.
Scarcity of natural resources: Obsolescence leads to immense pressure on the environment and wasted natural resources.
Mitigating climate change: Manufacturing an electronic device is a highly polluting process. It makes use of polluting sources of energy, such as fossil fuel.
Boost to repair economy: Right to repair advocates also argue that this will help boost business for small repair shops, which are an important part of local economies.
Large tech companies, including Apple, Microsoft, Amazon and Tesla, have been lobbying against the right to repair.
(I) United States
(II) Europe
Right to Repair in India
The ‘right to repair’ is not recognised as a statutory right in India, but certain pronouncements within the antitrust landscape have tacitly recognized the right.
These regulations have had little impact and a strict law is needed for proper implementation.
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