Good points Michael, and that is also why I argue <https://labs.ripe.net/Members/michael_oghia/to-green-the-internet-we-need-ripe> the RIPE community should take an explicit stance on the Right to Repair.
Best, -Michael On Wed, Sep 2, 2020 at 3:01 PM Michael Richardson <[email protected]> wrote: > > J Scott Marcus <[email protected]> wrote: > > You would probably find some useful bits in a recent study of mine > on behalf > > of the European Parliament. > > > J. Scott Marcus (2020), “Promoting product longevity: How can the EU > product > > safety and compliance framework help promote product durability and > tackle > > planned obsolescence, foster the production of more sustainable > products, and > > achieve more transparent supply chains for consumers?”, study for > the IMCO > > Committee of the European Parliament. > > > https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2020/648767/IPOL_STU(2020)648767_EN.pdf > > For the rest who did not read it yet: > > "Some users always want to have the latest technology, but there is good > reason to believe that a great manyof these mobile devices are replaced (1) > because the battery has died, and cannot be replaced by the user; or (2) > because the screen has cracked, and cannot be replaced by the user, or (3) > because the manufacturer no longer is willing or able to support the > software. " > > with the caution that: > > "These same considerations hint at reasons why any prolongation of product > lifetime for passenger vehicles – a potential initiative which, > interestingly, is not visible in the Circular Economy Action Plan – might > prove to be counter-productive at this particular point in time. Any > prolongation of the lifetime of existing vehicles risks a slight delay in > the > take-up of new electric vehicles and self-driving vehicles, thus potential > delaying a technology evolution that produces benefits of its own. " > > -- > ] Never tell me the odds! | ipv6 mesh > networks [ > ] Michael Richardson, Sandelman Software Works | IoT > architect [ > ] [email protected] http://www.sandelman.ca/ | ruby on > rails [ > >
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