Kobo partners with iFixit to make new e-readers more repairable ( goodereader.com )

The partnership between Kobo and iFixit means the iFixit will provide official repair kits to fix the most common components like batteries, for newly produced readers (Libra Colour, Clara Colour and Clara BW,)

For the moment the official page is almost empty, until the products are out.

grey ,
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This or a Nook? I already own a Nook and I like it a lot.

Engineer Mod ,

Great news, iFixit partnerships are a great way to improve repairability.

Piemanding ,

I just hope iFixit doesn't become the bad guy as the only repairability game in town.

lgsp OP ,
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You know, I was thinking the same thing. It's always iFixit: Motorola, Nokia, and now Kobo. But I don't see how a company with a mission like iFixit can turn into bad guy (enshittify?). Am I too optimistic?

Piemanding ,

Just looked it up and iFixit is not publicly traded so the potential for enshitification is much lower, but still possible. If iFixit goes public I will lose all faith in them.

sopo ,

Web bloat, ads and trackers is an example of inaccessibility that I can think of for the treasure trove that is iFixit especially since they started accepting full guides by external contributors (which means also guides that could have ended up on a more accessible website). Videos should be backed up and not simply embedded youtube that can have georestriction or be down for any reason. We should have the guides distributed like we would wikipedia..in general, they/we can do better.

My other gripe with iFixit is their sponsor aspect, pretty much any big company outside of Apple has a big fat logo on their website, as an Ally to repair. It's cheap PR while they continue to produce massive amounts of ewaste. Why promote them indefinitely for a single collaboration if they don't apply those principles to the remaining 99% of their catalogs?

But I still read their blog (via RSS) and use and suggest their guides, contributing when I can. They have been and still are a big catalyst for Right to Repair.

Karyoplasma ,

Money corrupts.

kadu ,
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They're already a problem for people in countries such as Brazil. Arbitrarily and out of nowhere, they decided to no longer ship parts here. This means companies that only use iFixit to supply parts are cutting out Brazilian customers.

I see no reason why components must be centralized on iFixit (other than branding, I guess). If you can sell your device on Amazon, what stops you from selling a component on Amazon too?

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