Category: Legislation

Laws that secure your rights to tinker and fix your stuff are important, and worth fighting for. Here’s what’s happening in the halls of power.

Droit à la réparation

Les AirPods d’Apple, ou l’art de la mauvaise volonté

Les AirPods d’Apple sont la quintessence de la stratégie d’écosystème fermé caractéristique d’Apple : créer des produits remarquables tout en empêchant quiconque d’en faire autant. Ils incarnent aussi parfaitement l’hostilité…

March 3, 2026

by Charlie Sorrel - iFixit

Right to Repair

Apple AirPods and Malicious Compliance

Apple’s AirPods are the perfect distillation of how Apple uses lock-in to simultaneously enable great products, and to prevent anybody else from doing the same. They also exemplify Apple’s antipathy…

February 9, 2026

by Charlie Sorrel - iFixit

E-Waste

Apple Hamstrings Audio Software for Everything But AirPods

When it comes to repair, we hate AirPods. They’ve scored 0 out of 10 every time we’ve taken them apart. To get inside, you have to cut open the plastic…

November 7, 2025

by Charlie Sorrel - iFixit

Legislation

Why Your Laptop Batteries Are Still So Tiny

No matter how fast powerful laptops get, and no matter how ridiculously big and beefy a portable gaming rig might be, their batteries will never be any bigger than they…

November 18, 2024

by Charlie Sorrel - iFixit

Activism

Victory Is Sweet: We Can Now Fix McDonald’s Ice Cream Machines

Ever tried to get an ice cream at McDonald’s, only to hear, “Sorry, our machine’s broken?” You’re not the only one: almost 15% of ice cream machines at McDonald’s are…

October 25, 2024

by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit

Activism

We Called on the FCC to End Cell Phone Carrier Locks Altogether

This month, the US Federal Communications Commission sought feedback on a welcome proposal to limit the frustrating practice of locking cell phones to specific carriers. Currently, most smartphone carriers are…

August 16, 2024

by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit

Right to Repair

Colorado Adds Electronics to Right to Repair Protections

Today, Colorado’s governor has signed the state’s third Right to Repair bill into law, cementing its position as the best place in the world for repair access. Covering consumer electronics…

May 28, 2024

by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit

Droit à la réparation

Pourquoi la réparation console reste hors-jeu dans la législation

Nous avons fait de grands progrès dans la protection de notre droit à réparer les objets qui nous appartiennent. Mais si vous avez lu les notes en bas de page…

May 27, 2024

by Lauren Greenlee - iFixit

Legislation

The EU’s Take On “Right to Repair” Has Finally Been Approved

On Tuesday, the European Parliament finally voted to adopt the Directive on Common Rules Promoting the Repair of Goods legislation with 584 votes in favor, 3 against, and 14 abstentions. …

April 26, 2024

by Manuel Haeussermann - iFixit

Droit à la réparation

Que peut-on attendre du droit à la réparation en 2024 ?

Tel un train sur sa lancée, le mouvement du droit à la réparation progresse inexorablement. Sa destination : un avenir dans lequel tous les appareils seront réparables et où nous…

March 13, 2024

by Beatriz Pozo Arcos - iFixit