Europe's right-to-repair law asks hardware makers for fixes for up to 10 years - Smartphones and tablets would also be added to the EU's list of devices that must be repairable under new rule

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The European Commission has adopted a new set of right to repair rules that, among other things, will add electronic devices like smartphones and tablets to a list of goods that must be built with repairability in mind.  New rules don't do enough, say right to repair advocatesThe Right to Repair coalition said in a statement that, while it welcomes the step forward taken by the EU's new repairability rules, "the opportunity to make the right to repair universal is missed. She also said that, even with the addition of smartphones and tablets to repairability requirements, the products it applies to is still too narrow

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