beep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agoSmartphone makers don't bother to comply with EU repairability requirementsrepair.euexternal-linkmessage-square34linkfedilinkarrow-up1190arrow-down13file-text
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cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1386161/smartphone-makers-don-t-bother-to-comply-with-eu-repairability-requirements
minus-squarekoka_noodles@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·6 days agoGrowth isn’t the only important metric here.
minus-squaredeHaga@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down9·6 days agoIt is to smartphone manufacturers
minus-squarekoka_noodles@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 days agoIt’s not. Year on year sales can remain flat but they are still important to turnover.
minus-squaredeHaga@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days agoBecause flat < growth It’s not that deep
minus-squarekoka_noodles@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days agoObviously but that doesn’t mean that the flat number of year on year sales don’t matter. It’s a very important metric
minus-squaredeHaga@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days agoIt means you are losing market share
minus-squarezaphod@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days agoAnd if they don’t comply with EU regulations they will lose even more market share.
minus-squarekoka_noodles@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days agoMaybe. It depends on if the market is growing or shrinking.
Growth isn’t the only important metric here.
It is to smartphone manufacturers
It’s not. Year on year sales can remain flat but they are still important to turnover.
Lol
Why ?
Because flat < growth
It’s not that deep
Obviously but that doesn’t mean that the flat number of year on year sales don’t matter. It’s a very important metric
It means you are losing market share
And if they don’t comply with EU regulations they will lose even more market share.
Maybe. It depends on if the market is growing or shrinking.