France will begin labeling electronics with repairability ratings in January

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Good on France. I'm not a fan of packaging with a billion labels and disclaimers, but this is a good idea that could fight planned obsolescence and allow consumers to know what they're buying. In the US, a lot of people ain't even allowed to fix their own property.

I think we could replace a lot of the "don't be stupid" disclaimers with actually beneficial labels like this. Most disclaimers are designed just to keep small businesses down (since they don't have a billion lawyers to dig through the code and find every disclaimer they need).

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and allow consumers to know what they're buying

FNAC was one of the first retailers where you could actually test a device before buying. You could even listen to a cd before buying it, which in many countries was not that common.

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Props to them.