Will I assume that "right to repair" legislation is different in each jurisdiction, for small items, it tends to translate to the right to acquire the broken thing at a assembly level. This is useful on a larger more complex widget, where it lets you buy circuit board assemblies rather than tossing the whole thing. For example my absurdly expensive/fancy wall oven has a digital display/ui assembly, a control board for the ui, a main control board and a power management board, along with the heating elements that actually get hot. I can but at the board level, which bets buying a new oven but the main board was still something like $700.It's not a problem only affecting Raspberry Pi boards - Hopefully 'right to repair' legislation will one day make it easier to obtain single parts at reasonable cost for everything and anything.
Unfortunately on the Pi case, it likely translates to you being able to buy the SBC to "repair" the failed SBC. The legislation I have seen does not require the vendor to make all components available as anything approaching their "cost" in single unit quantities. Realistically many are NOT available in single unit quantities unless you deal with a 3rd party with enthusiastic handling mark-ups. Where it gets fun is when the part is semi custom and not available on the general market.
Statistics: Posted by bjtheone — Tue Apr 30, 2024 7:08 pm