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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minus-squarekoka_noodles@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoMaybe. It depends on if the market is growing or shrinking.
minus-squaredeHaga@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoThe market is growing outside the EU.
minus-squarekoka_noodles@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoOk. The subject here is the EU.
minus-squaredeHaga@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoThe subject is smartphone manufacturers ignoring EU rules
minus-squarekoka_noodles@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoYes. Growth in Europe isn’t the only metric that matters to smartphone manufacturers because they are still making money on the sales they make in Europe even if they aren’t growing in the market.
minus-squaredeHaga@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoThat’s because there is no growth in Europe
minus-squarekoka_noodles@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoOk, if that’s the case. Mobile phone companies still care about sales in the region.
minus-squaredeHaga@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoThey’ll eventually comply. I suspect only on new models. I’m guessing they’ll try and find a war around it
Maybe. It depends on if the market is growing or shrinking.
The market is growing outside the EU.
Ok. The subject here is the EU.
The subject is smartphone manufacturers ignoring EU rules
Yes. Growth in Europe isn’t the only metric that matters to smartphone manufacturers because they are still making money on the sales they make in Europe even if they aren’t growing in the market.
That’s because there is no growth in Europe
Ok, if that’s the case. Mobile phone companies still care about sales in the region.
They’ll eventually comply. I suspect only on new models. I’m guessing they’ll try and find a war around it