Canada

I wish it was possible to stab corporations over the internet. I've been maintaining an almost 40 year old set of home appliances since inheriting them 15 years ago and they are hardly dangerous with some basic internet learned information. Except for the microwave maybe... Newer appliances haven't really changed much either. They just break more and have costly proprietary parts that don't even work as well. We had sensor dry laundry 4 decades ago and it works better to this day. The work laundry is new and stupidly expensive yet has had 4 sensor swaps, a primary circuitboard swap, 3 lint traps swapped, and a lint trap slot outer molding swap pending. The old dryer lint trap is literally a rectangle of mesh with twice the cm² and has never broken. Bosch dishwasher has a soap tray that for some reason needed to slide open and closed instead of the traditional latch and it keeps failing open so the soap gets washed away first phase. The old one I don't even know what brand it is because the exterior is worn right down but the parts are all generic and anything that looks the same and fits will probably work and has so far.

These fuckers are doing it on purpose and they should pay for it.

Definitely bring up the problem of e-waste!

I also responded that manufacturers shouldn't be allowed to artificially inflate the cost of replacement parts, as it would firewall any benefits from having a right to repair law. If found doing so, they should be fined. It needs to be a law that parts be made available at a reasonable cost, in my opinion.

Right to repair is good but a few other things need to happen as well.

1. Longer mandatory warranties like in Europe. Stop manufacturers from using cheap components that die quickly in a race to the bottom price. 2 years on consumer electronics and 5 years on major appliances
2. Include significantly higher deposits on purchase that are refunded if repaired instead of replaced.
3. ensure manufacturers can supply parts for the more extended warranty cycles and nearly at cost with inexpensive shipping.
4. Incentivize trades schools to train people for appliance repair

Well, a consultation is basically the bare minimum. We'll have to wait to see if this leads to even the possibility legislation.

They have to toss the people a bone or else the NDP might be the decision makers. Our market is small and we don't manufacture much, so right to repair wouldn't ruffle many corporate feathers.