Why Is It So Hard To Fix Our Electronics, And What Can We Do About It?
Series: How to Save a Planet
Publisher: Gimlet Media
Episode number: 65
Length (minutes): 34
Description:
Electronics — smartphones, computers, televisions — exact a hefty toll on the planet. One way to lighten their load? Use them for longer. And yet, for decades now, manufacturers have made replacing our gadgets easier than repairing them. But Kyle Wiens, co-founder of the repair website iFixit, has been working to reverse that. He talks to us about why repair matters, why our devices are so hard to repair, and the policies that could change that.