Tag: right to repair

Posted on

#RightToRepair Grading companies on repair with Nathan Proctor of PIRG! These Companies Do It RIGHT!

Right to Repair laws are great, but what if companies dont make repair resources available?

I sit down with Nathan Proctor of US PIRG to chat about their new report ‘Leaders and Laggards Part II’, and how this group is grading companies on their support promises!

—

Download the audio podcast: https://pinecast.com/listen/69638049-95e8-49ed-a6ab-f17d02546768.mp3

Leaders and Laggards (PIRG) https://pirg.org/edfund/resources/leaders-and-laggards-ii/

eWaste Graveyard Interview with Lucas Gutterman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrNFJOX7PBs
Continue reading “#RightToRepair Grading companies on repair with Nathan Proctor of PIRG! These Companies Do It RIGHT!”

Posted on

Samsung Scummy Repair Contract Forces Shops to Destroy YOUR Phone! iFixit Drops Samsung Partnership!

Samsung being scummy again!

Samsung forces repair shops to sign a TERRIBLE contract, that requires technicians to destroy your phone if they find non-Samsung parts in your device! iFixit is dropping their partnership with Samsung.

Why isn’t this bigger news? Continue reading “Samsung Scummy Repair Contract Forces Shops to Destroy YOUR Phone! iFixit Drops Samsung Partnership!”

Posted on

E-Waste: My biggest problem with the Pixel Watch is the charger…

I’m test driving a Pixel Watch, and so far I enjoy the experience. Getting disclosures out of the way at the top of this article, I received the Pixel Watch from the #TeamPixel folks to review. Neither Google nor other PR has influenced or contributed to any of my commentary on Pixel products.

The Pixel Watch is performing well. It’s a snappy and responsive wearable. Wear OS 3.5 is fun, and I enjoy the applets and FitBit integration.

I have a major issue with this watch though: the inevitable e-waste these watches will create. Continue reading “E-Waste: My biggest problem with the Pixel Watch is the charger…”

Posted on

Apple: Premium e-Waste and Normalizing Disposability

Let’s be frank. If I hadn’t put “Apple” in the post title, would you have clicked on it?

The reason this article is going to focus on Apple, they are the highest profile company pushing these kinds of manufacturing decisions. If you’re a fan of Apple hardware, I’m sure there will be an inclination towards defending your brand.

“Other companies are doing things like this too.”

Other companies should be criticized too.

Though, we should acknowledge that many of these companies wouldn’t be following this path without Apple. AirPods show how profitable it is to make expensive headphones as disposable as possible. Apple stands to take the lion share of the profits with this tactic. It’s my belief we should start with the largest companies, and THEN work down to smaller players copying Apple.

We should “punch up” with our criticisms. Apple is currently the king of this e-waste hill. We’ll start with them. Continue reading “Apple: Premium e-Waste and Normalizing Disposability”

Proudly powered by WordPress