Europe's right-to-repair rules are broken, not beaten
Patchy compliance is an argument for stronger enforcement, not abandoning the project
Consumerism? Squint at it in the right light, and it looks a lot like communism. Certainly, that's how parts of the American political establishment seem to view Europe, the world's regulatory superpower. All those rules denying the God-given rights of free people to have their data protected, their privacy secured, and their phones recharged by USB-C. You know what the C in USB-C actually stands for? Communism! Wake up, sheeple!
Having qualified itself for two hours on Joe Rogan, this column must reluctantly disqualify itself by introducing some actual facts. One of the EU's most recent regulatory moves to enforce the right to repair has been a thudding failure. It aimed to force mobile device makers to register full technical documentation and spare parts through online portals, only to be stymied by the subtle yet powerful strategy,...
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