Germany pushing EU to require 7 years of updates on Android, iOS devices

Re:Germany pushing EU to require 7 years of updates on Andro... by google234123 on Monday September 06, 2021 @07:33AM (#28432682)

I’m sure EU consumers will enjoy paying 30% more for their electronics.

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Re:Germany pushing EU to require 7 years of updates on Andro... by distances on Monday September 06, 2021 @08:38AM (#28433088)

If this goes through, everyone will benefit. There will not be a separate Android version for EU.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussels_effect

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Re:Germany pushing EU to require 7 years of updates on Andro... by selfhoster11 on Monday September 06, 2021 @08:08AM (#28432887)

I doubt only the EU consumers will benefit. GDPR was a giant pain in the a for lots of companies (as it should be; if you're collecting data, then that means some responsibility), but ultimately it was a tide that raised all boats if no special effort was undertaken to identify only EU users and deny the benefits to everyone outside that group.

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