Right to Repair Europe

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EU urged to act on Software Obsolescence as hundreds of organizations demand long-term Windows 10 support - Right to Repair Europe Open letter to the European Commission, calling for urgent action against software-driven obsolescence. Without clear rules requiring long-term software updates, millions of devices across Europe are ...

Join us in saying no to devices designed to break or become obsolete before their time — share this post and tag @jessikaroswall.ec.europa.eu & @hennavirkkunen.bsky.social

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📢 We’re calling on Commissioners @jessikaroswall.ec.europa.eu & @hennavirkkunen.bsky.social to put an end to premature software obsolescence — for all devices with a plug or battery 🔌🔋

💻 The end of Windows 10 could cause over 700 million kilograms of e-waste. This is just an example of how the widespread practice of software obsolescence threatens European consumers, environment, and digital sovereignty.

500+ orgs from around the world - including US PIRG, @therestartproject.org, @ifixit.com, Euroconsumers, Repair.org and Consumer Reports - are advocating for repair and reuse by signing an open letter to @microsoft.com, calling for them to extend free and automatic updates for Windows 10

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No more devices designed to fail before their time!

🫵 Share our reaction and tag @microsoft.com, @jessikaroswall.ec.europa.eu and @hennavirkkunen.bsky.social

🔗 For our full comments: repair.eu

🔜 We call on @ec.europa.eu to introduce Ecodesign requirements for laptops mandating at least 15 years of software updates

🔜 Beyond laptops, we need ecodesign requirements securing software and security updates for the full technical lifespan of all products with a plug or a battery

📢 This is why current legislation falls short:

- Ecodesign rules secure 5 years of updates, but only for #smartphones & tablets
- Demanding that updates be “as long as it can be reasonably expected” is vague and unenforceable
- Cybersecurity rules leave loopholes for “short-lived” devices

❌ Clearly, the E-waste won’t be solved by corporate goodwill.

Corporate promises and temporary fixes won’t cut it. We shouldn’t have to fight company by company, device by device. We need strong, enforceable laws to guarantee long-term software support.

⏰ But let’s be honest: this is just a 1-year snooze button.

👉 It’s hidden
👉 It’s too short
👉 It’s too small

📢 @microsoft.com, we need free, automatic updates until at least 2030, not a temporary reprieve.

💥 Big news: @microsoft.com confirmed that #Windows10 users in the EEA will get 1 more year of free updates if they log in with a Microsoft account.

🌟 This is a win worth celebrating. Our campaigning, writing and chanting forced one of the world’s #tech giants to act.

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Four weeks to go: Microsoft to make 400 million PCs obsolete on International E-waste Day - Right to Repair Europe PRESS RELEASE: On 14 October, Microsoft will end free support for Windows 10, turning millions of PCs into avoidable e-waste. In the lead up to International Repair Day (18 October) we are pushing bac...

Head to our Press Release to find links to the open letter to Microsoft and policy demands to the Commission.

#RepairDay #RightToRepair #Ecodesign #NoPlannedObsolescence #Windows10

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🇪🇺 @r2reurope.bsky.social is urging @ec.europa.eu to introduce EU Ecodesign requirements for laptops, guaranteeing at least 15 years of software updates.

👉 Share and tag EU Commissioner @jessikaroswall.ec.europa.eu: Europe needs longterm software updates for all devices.

🌍 An international coalition of circular economy and digital rights experts, led by U.S. PIRG, is urging Microsoft to extend free, automatic support for Windows 10 via an open letter.

👉 Share this post and tag @microsoft.com

🚨4 weeks until @microsoft.com ends free support for Windows 10, making 400 million PCs obsolete. And - ironically - it's happening on #EWasteDay, just days before #RepairDay.

We don’t have to accept fast tech. Communities worldwide are repairing, resisting, and demanding better ✊ find out how below

YouTube video by The Restart Project This was Fixfest 2025

Fixfest 2025 is a wrap! 🎉

Thank you to everyone who came and shared your experience, skills and enthusiasm with us — whether you travelled from across the globe or simply from down the street in Hackney 💚

Let's keep working together for a more repairable world!

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With #Fixfest coming up this week, we thought we'd highlight a couple of sessions that focus on our shared struggle for a real #righttorepair. This includes a massive round-up of R2R around the world, and another session focusing in on progress in the UK. ⁠
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🔎 Explore the programme at fixfest.org

Take Action - Hands Off Nature

It took decades of collective effort to build the laws that protect people and nature. We cannot allow them to be undone in silence.

🕒 The consultation closes on 10 September. Add your voice today and make it count: handsoffnature.eu/take-action/

Take Action - Hands Off Nature

This won’t make us any richer, it will only diminish our quality of life and our children’s right to health. The Right to Repair Europe coalition is urging the Commission to strengthen - not weaken - laws that make sustainable and circular products more accessible and affordable.

This summer, the European Commission quietly launched a “public consultation.” They call it a “simplification” of environmental laws, but in reality, it’s about dismantling them.

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Fixing the Unfair Reality of Spare Parts Prices - Right to Repair Europe Expensive spare parts are a major barrier to repair. Despite progress in EU law, reasonable prices of spare parts are still far from reality. How can we fix that? Here's our proposal to address this i...

🔗 Find out more in our white paper: repair.eu/news/fixing-...

How many times have you heard "repair is just too expensive"?

Too often, consumers are pushed towards replacing a product rather than repairing it because of expensive repairs and spare parts.

It's time to do something about it! So our coalition has developed a proposal to address these concerns 📝

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How many upgrades do we have left? Let’s end fast tech

ORA data shows that by repairing >1,300 small kitchen items, community repairers have saved almost 34,000 kg of CO2e emissions in France alone!

The race to upgrade bears a growing responsibility for the climate crisis but we're fighting back 🪛

A unique opportunity for our global community to come together!

Fixfest 2025 will feature multiple sessions focusing on Right to Repair - what's going on in the EU, around the world, and what the future of the movement looks like ✊

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The end of Windows 10 shouldn't mean the end of life for hundreds of millions of computers💻️😵⁠

Check out @therestartproject.org's guide for repair groups to support their local communities and save laptops from landfill 🪛

🔗 therestartproject.org/end-of-windows-10-toolkit-for-repair-groups