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The 23 pages that link to Right to repair, each with the reason it gives.

• Internet of ThingsCompared with: Connected products can restrict repair through software controls, proprietary parts, or service dependencies.

• Digital rights managementRelated: DRM and device locks can prevent independent repair or modification of connected products.

• SmartphoneCompared with: Sealed designs and restricted parts can make smartphone repair difficult.

• Fashion industryRelated: Repair rights could extend clothing life and challenge replacement-driven sales.

• Planned obsolescenceRelated: Repair access challenges practices that make replacement easier than maintaining a product.

• Electronic wasteRelated: Repair can extend device lifetimes and delay entry into the waste stream.

• Apple Inc.Related: Apple’s repair practices have become a prominent focus of right-to-repair debates.

• FirmwareRelated: Firmware locks and signed updates can restrict independent repair and modification.

• Digital Millennium Copyright ActRelated: DMCA restrictions on bypassing software controls have entered disputes over independent repair.

• Proprietary softwareRelated: Software restrictions can prevent users from repairing or adapting software-controlled devices.

• Video game consoleRelated: Repair restrictions affect how long consoles remain usable and who can service them.

• Consumer electronicsRelated: Repair access can extend device lifetimes and reduce waste.

• Reverse engineeringRelated: Reverse engineering can reveal how closed products function and can be repaired.

• Free software movementRelated: Its demand for user control echoes the software movement’s case for modification rights.

• Feature phoneRelated: Simple designs can make some feature phones easier to maintain than complex smartphones.

• Do it yourselfRelated: DIY repair often depends on whether manufacturers permit access to parts and instructions.

• Disposable productRelated: Repair access challenges short product lifetimes and replacement-driven disposal.

• Desktop computerRelated: Accessible desktop components make repairability a central design and ownership issue.

• AC adapterRelated: Replaceable adapters can make device repair easier, while integrated supplies may complicate it.

• Anti-consumerismRelated: Repairability resists replacement cycles and extends the useful life of goods.

• Automobile repair shopRelated: Access to repair data shapes whether independent shops can service newer vehicles.

• Home applianceRelated: Repair access affects appliance lifetimes and replacement rates.

• Major applianceRelated: Repair access influences whether broken appliances can be maintained rather than discarded.