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Re:EU brings in 'right to repair' rules for appliances by mytailorisrich on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @03:34AM (#21122882)
It's health & safety.

They are don't like that unqualified people play with gas or electricity, so they certainly don't try to make it easy for people to be able to repair themselves.

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Re:EU brings in 'right to repair' rules for appliances by gambiting on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @03:41AM (#21122929)
What do you mean? The repair in Poland would also be done by a qualified electrician or a gas technician . It's not the qualification requirement that is pushing the cost up, it's simply that the wages are so much higher. A very very basic £10/hour in the UK is absolutely astronomical for Poland(50PLN/hour is maybe what a senior programmer would make, not an electrician).
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