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Re:EU to make it mandatory to use customer-replaceable batte... by adhesive_wombat on Sunday March 13, 2022 @11:28AM (#30662055)
So you allow the manufacturer to charge for delivery (based, on, say, some average delivery cost for the weight, rather then allowing inflated S&H costs to be a new profit centre rewarding unreliable items).

Or, if you really want to stamp down about it, you do not allow them to recoup delivery costs and that's their punishment for making an unreliable machine in the first place.

Re:EU to make it mandatory to use customer-replaceable batte... by rootsudo on Sunday March 13, 2022 @11:59AM (#30662440)
Yes, and in your perfect world - manufacturers know full in advance about part life? There are hundreds of parts that make up the build of material of an appliance.

This means simply that parts won't ship and service is only done at approved manufacturer facilities. OH wait...