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how easy something is to fix before it becomes landfill with a logo on it.
means a measure of whether a product can be opened, diagnosed, and repaired instead of replaced.
from the word rode into mainstream use alongside the right-to-repair movement of the 2010s, when farmers fighting John Deere over tractor software made fixing your own stuff a political act.
score systemfrance grades electronics 1-10 on repairability by law.
glue enemyapple once glued batteries in to discourage diy fixes.
iphone flipapple now sells official repair parts after years of resisting.
e-waste linklow repairability drives most of the world's 60 million tons of e-waste.