While I do think they deserve a roast, governmenta meddling with such things is rather problematic.

@Eccles nowadays? Only apple doesn't conform with the port

This isn't a new law 🙂

Who decided the standard, though? Market forces or government?

I want the EU to make me a cup of tea

Well that didn't taste too bad, and the nearest I can come to describing what it was, was "beef and parsip ghoulash"

They've passed it today

And it's not only for smartphones though

It's still not what's needed

We need either full right-to-repair laws, or mandatory 10yr parts + labour warranties

Across consumer electronics and cars

Watch iy

It

It can make prices to rise

It inevitably will

But that's not a bad thing

Forcing a company to manufacture something for a decade is a bad thing

Especially with the current technology

10yrs for cars, 5yrs for everything else

minimum

Either that or right-to-repair

You do aware that such things involves toolings, right?

You need minimal tools for most repairs

And independent electrics repairers have the tools for everything else

I'm talking about manufacturing

You don't need different tooling to make a product that lasts 5 or 10yrs to what you have now

Repairs? It's not a problem if you have the parts.

If the OEM doesn't want to produce parts for 10 years, third parties will

Provided you don't engage in protectionist practices like Apple

@Eccles there are differences when it comes to fabrication

(Among others)

Also, fear of reverse engineering

That fear is retarded - their parts are made by the Chinese in China

Nope

They are only assembled there

In the case of 80%+ of consumer electronics

they are

The rest is Korea Taiwan and Japan

The SoC and other important stuff are made mostly in the US, Japan, Taiwan and Korea

Perhaps you should ask yourself "What is the problem that is attempting to be solved?"

That way you can provide an alternative solution that doesn't wobble your nuts