New Kobo e-readers are repairable
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Kobo wants to extend the life of its latest generation of e-readers. The Clara BW, Clara Color and Libra Color will last a long time with a new initiative by Rakuten. Rakuten Kobo is partnering with iFixit, the leader in the technology repairability space, making it easy for customers to fix their e-readers and replace common components. A series of repair kits will be available in the next month or two. Customers will be able to replace their batteries and other standard components. The company has just released a dedicated page for the repair kits, and more information will be

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.

      • kadu@lemmy.world
        5·
        7 months ago

        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?

      • [email protected]@feddit.itOP
        2·
        7 months ago

        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@sh.itjust.works
          2·
          7 months ago

          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.