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The Right to Repair: Why You Should Be Able to Fix Your Vape—and Why You Can't
Most vaping devices are designed to be replaced, not repaired. The right-to-repair movement has come for phones and tractors. It hasn't come for vapes—yet. A repairable vape would be better for consumers and better for the environment.
When your pod system's battery degrades, you throw it away and buy a new one. You can't replace the battery—it's sealed inside. You can't replace the charging port—it's soldered to the board. **The disposable design philosophy extends beyond disposable vapes to the entire product category. The right-to-repair movement argues that consumers should be able to fix the products they own—and that manufacturers should design products to be repairable. The movement hasn't reached vaping yet. It should.**
