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"At first, Lenovo only seemed casually jealous of Framework’s modular
repairable laptops — first, it sent a cease-and-desist over a Framework power
button, then it unveiled its own modular concept laptop dubbed Project Aurora
with no promise to actually build such a thing.
But it looks like the ThinkPad and Motorola owner might actually be serious
about ramping up repairability. “More than 80 percent of our devices will be
able to be repaired at the customer,” Lenovo executive Luca Rossi told the
Canalys EMEA Forum 2023, according to
The Register.
“Batteries, SSD, many things will not any longer be sealed into the product but
will be available for the customer to be to repaired on site and then save a
lot of waste,” he reportedly said.
Lenovo is just one of many companies that have suddenly increased their efforts
on repairability and sustainability, and it isn’t coming out of the goodness of
companies’ hearts — the economic and political climate has swiftly changed.
Apple went from vehemently and sneakily lobbying against right-to-repair bills
to suddenly supporting those efforts. Prominent right-to-repair advocates told
me in 2022 that Samsung and Google were convinced when they saw a shift in
consumer behavior combined with the imminent threat of legislation.
In 2023, it’s no longer just a threat. The European Union has recently shown
that it has the power to force companies to change their products — it’s the
reason we now have a USB-C port on the iPhone 15. Next, it may force smartphone
manufacturers to make their batteries easier to replace. Wouldn’t that be
interesting?"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
