<div dir="ltr">Good points Michael, and that is also why I <a href="https://labs.ripe.net/Members/michael_oghia/to-green-the-internet-we-need-ripe">argue</a> the RIPE community should take an explicit stance on the Right to Repair.<div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Best,</span></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">-Michael</font><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Sep 2, 2020 at 3:01 PM Michael Richardson <<a href="mailto:mcr@sandelman.ca">mcr@sandelman.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>
J Scott Marcus <<a href="mailto:scott@scottmarcus.com" target="_blank">scott@scottmarcus.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> You would probably find some useful bits in a recent study of mine on behalf<br>
> of the European Parliament.<br>
<br>
> J. Scott Marcus (2020), “Promoting product longevity: How can the EU product<br>
> safety and compliance framework help promote product durability and tackle<br>
> planned obsolescence, foster the production of more sustainable products, and<br>
> achieve more transparent supply chains for consumers?”, study for the IMCO<br>
> Committee of the European Parliament.<br>
> <a href="https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2020/648767/IPOL_STU(2020)648767_EN.pdf" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2020/648767/IPOL_STU(2020)648767_EN.pdf</a><br>
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For the rest who did not read it yet:<br>
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"Some users always want to have the latest technology, but there is good<br>
reason to believe that a great manyof these mobile devices are replaced (1)<br>
because the battery has died, and cannot be replaced by the user; or (2)<br>
because the screen has cracked, and cannot be replaced by the user, or (3)<br>
because the manufacturer no longer is willing or able to support the<br>
software. "<br>
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with the caution that:<br>
<br>
"These same considerations hint at reasons why any prolongation of product<br>
lifetime for passenger vehicles – a potential initiative which,<br>
interestingly, is not visible in the Circular Economy Action Plan – might<br>
prove to be counter-productive at this particular point in time. Any<br>
prolongation of the lifetime of existing vehicles risks a slight delay in the<br>
take-up of new electric vehicles and self-driving vehicles, thus potential<br>
delaying a technology evolution that produces benefits of its own. "<br>
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] Never tell me the odds! | ipv6 mesh networks [<br>
] Michael Richardson, Sandelman Software Works | IoT architect [<br>
] <a href="mailto:mcr@sandelman.ca" target="_blank">mcr@sandelman.ca</a> <a href="http://www.sandelman.ca/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.sandelman.ca/</a> | ruby on rails [<br>
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