Fixing devices and appliances is currently tricky – but new consumer rights laws are seeking to change that. Chris Stokel-Walker looks at how this might change the technology we use.

Supporting repair rights can also bring economic benefits to more than just the technology sector. There were 4,623 consumer electronic repair and maintenance companies in 1998 in the U.S.

Logitech initially partnered with iFixit to facilitate the availability of spare parts, support beyond-warranty repair on select products, and repair guides to support repairs in the United States ...

Right-to-repair legislation on its own can't guarantee that local businesses will spring up to fix such products or turn more consumers into DIY-repair whizzes for electronics gadgets.

The proposed solution is simple: create an ecosystem of professional and do-it-yourself fixers by removing the obstacles to repair that many manufacturers have built into their products.

Here are iFixit's top 10 hardest-to-repair electronics. Read the 2017 follow-up: 10 Tech Products That Are Next to Impossible to Repair ...

On Dec. 29, right before the beginning of the new year, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the Digital Fair Repair Act, a law that should make it easier for consumers to repair certain electronic ...

Markus Piringer, the co-ordinator of the Repair Network in Vienna, says "if the costs of the repair are more than 20-30% of the cost of the new product, people tend to buy new.

Supported products now include: all MX Master and MX Anywhere computer mice, MX Master 3S Mouse, MX Keyboard, PRO X Superlight Mouse, G305 Mouse, GPRO Mouse, G502 Hero Mouse, G915 Keyboard, GPRO ...