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We’re fighting for your Right to Repair, and we want you to be a part of it. If you want to know how you can help, look no further than the calls to action below.

Right to Repair

Join the Fight: Tell Us How You’ve Fixed Medical Devices

Jacob Uyeda’s father needs a medication-vaporizing nebulizer to breathe every day. When it broke, the best his father’s air supplier could offer was to bring a new one the next…

March 23, 2021

by Kerry Sheehan

Tech News

Apple Is Using France’s New Repairability Scoring—Here’s How It Works

A little wrench can make a big difference. In France, Apple, Samsung, Microsoft and other device makers are moving toward transparency and better long-term support for their products. They’re not…

March 1, 2021

by Kevin Purdy

Right to Repair

Top European Right to Repair Wins 2020

Looking back on 2020, it’s hard to avoid the bad times—but good things can grow, even under heavy rain. The challenges of isolation and a disrupted supply chain led to…

December 31, 2020

by Dorothea Kessler

Video

Design, Activism, and Fixing the World: Three Authors Talk with iFixit

“Repair” is not one thing. It’s not just one mission, one organization, or even one law. Repair is the idea that things that once worked should work again, that things…

December 9, 2020

by Kevin Purdy

Tech News

Is This the End of the Repairable iPhone?

Update, Jan. 14, 2021: After seeing a MacRumors report that iOS 14.4 could introduce a “genuine Apple camera” warning, similar to what occurs when trading batteries and screens, we tested…

October 29, 2020

by Kevin Purdy

Events

International Repair Day Is a Perfect Day for Retail Detox

Apple just announced four new iPhones (despite our pleas), the internet has been flooded with Prime Day ads (and some anti-Prime Day posts), and Best Buy has already started its…

October 16, 2020

by Sam Goldheart

Opinion

Prime Day is Fake Retail Therapy. Let’s Mend What Matters.

We can’t afford new right now. New stuff, new sales—it all needs to be put on hold. We’re holding on by an economic thread here. And like our pocketbooks, new…

October 12, 2020

by Kyle Wiens

Activism

4 Easy Ways to Save the World (and Your Electronics) on Earth Day

iFixit’s pretty fond of this big blue marble that we call home. We’re also pretty fond of electronics. So, in honor of Earth Day, here’s four really easy things you…

April 22, 2020

by Julia Bluff

Activism

Our Medical Repair Database is Going Strong—but Still Needs Help

Since we announced our project to compile repair guides for hospital ventilators last week, we’ve seen an incredible response. News outlets and community members are helping us spread the word.…

March 26, 2020

by Olivia Webb

iFixit

Help Us Crowdsource Repair Information for Hospital Equipment

Heroic medical teams around the world are either dealing directly with or preparing for an onslaught. The American Hospital Association forecasts predict that COVID-19’s impact will be unprecedented. They anticipate…

March 18, 2020

by Kyle Wiens