Re:EU brings in 'right to repair' rules for appliances
by asdaddasdad on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @06:23PM
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If you don't want pollution, regulate pollution. But this "everything should be repaired and the world would be better" is pure ideology. They think they can achieve less pollution by enforcing repairs. They are not businessmen. They don't know the actual problems with production and repairs. They should let businesses figure out how to reduce waste and pollution, not tell them what to do.
Re:EU brings in 'right to repair' rules for appliances
by blue_devil on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @05:34AM
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>a noble fundamental concept behind their policies
the word you're looking for is "populist" - i.e.,"we care, but we don't care enough to start looking bad".
It's a good step, but not great. Greater urgency is needed at this time.
As usually, the answer lies somewhere in the middle.
I think what the EU is trying to do is to force both companies and consumers to think about the consequences of mindless mass consumption and obsolescence. Beyond petty laws and regulations, the EU sometimes does have a noble fundamental concept behind their policies; it remains to be seen if the resulting policies are effective in practice.