Microsoft has promised to actively look into right to repair

As You Sow calls Microsoft’s commitment “an encouraging step,” but it’s worth keeping in perspective that it is just a step — what Microsoft has actually done today is said that it’ll have a study done and then use it to “guide” its “product design and plans for expanding device repair options,” according to a statement emailed to The Verge by a Microsoft spokesperson. Read More →

Waste, Circular EconomyAs You SowOctober 7, 2021rights to repair, Mitchell Clark