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# Right to Repair Startups Now Sell Broken Devices as Teaching Tools
- URL: https://adjacent.media/signals/right-to-repair-startups-now-sell-broken-devices-as-teaching-tools/
- Published: 2026-07-26T16:06:51.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-26T16:06:51.000Z
- Description: Team Repair is monetizing repair education by intentionally shipping broken electronics to consumers who want to learn hands-on skills—reversing the typical e-waste flow and creating a direct revenue model from something previously discarded.
- Author: Jonathan Greene
- Tags: #signal, theme-consumer, consumer behavior, circular economy, repair culture

Source: [Hackaday](https://hackaday.com/2026/07/25/team-repair-breaks-things-to-teach-people-how-to-fix-them/?ref=adjacent.media)

Team Repair is monetizing repair education by intentionally shipping broken electronics to consumers who want to learn hands-on skills—reversing the typical e-waste flow and creating a direct revenue model from something previously discarded. It solves two problems simultaneously: manufacturers' reluctance to support repairability, and consumers' growing frustration with planned obsolescence, turning a compliance gap into a new product category. The model treats repair knowledge as a marketable skill in a sector where manufacturers have systematically eliminated repair as an option rather than a choice.