Warranty-void-if-removed stickers are one of the biggest barriers to fixing things yourself. You might want to go digging around inside your external hard drive to see why it just decided to die, but ...

Credit: Wade Tregaskis/Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0) Credit: Wade Tregaskis/Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0) The Federal Trade Commission announced Tuesday that it had sent letters to six major companies informing them ...

The Federal Trade Commission announced Tuesday that it had sent letters to six major companies, informing them that the "warranty void if removed" stickers on specified parts aren't just meaningless, ...

If you ever thought to yourself that those "warranty void if removed stickers" that often adorn various electronics are bullshit, good news—the Federal Trade Commission thinks so too. In an attempt to ...

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Warranty-void-if-removed stickers are one of the biggest barriers to fixing things yourself. You might want to go digging around inside your external hard drive to see why it just decided to die, but ...

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sent letters this week to six major companies containing warnings that using "warranty void if removed" or similarly worded stickers on their products is illegal.

The FTC brought out the rule hammer this week in a letter to 6 companies about their stickers. Those stickers you've got on the insides of your smartphone and the outside of your gaming console – the ...

If you've ever purchased a game console or other piece of electronics gear, chances are you've seen a "Warranty Void if Removed" sticker stuck somewhere on the device. There's typically a peel-away ...