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Re:EU to make it mandatory to use customer-replaceable batte... by logifail on Sunday March 13, 2022 @12:00PM (#30662457)
> i can buy a $3 led from China with free shipping

International shipping is not even close to being a level playing field:

"Arcane rules established by the 144-year-old Universal Postal Union make it possible for a Chinese e-retailer to send a package across the Pacific to a customer in the U.S. at a cost lower than what an American competitor would spend to ship the same item to a neighboring state"[0]

[0] https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2018-10-18/trump-...

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Re:EU to make it mandatory to use customer-replaceable batte... by saiya-jin on Sunday March 13, 2022 @12:34PM (#30662869)
Interestingly, the same is valid for Europe - I got tons of shipping from Shenzen for free, and the item costed like 1$ (ie USB cables).
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Re:EU to make it mandatory to use customer-replaceable batte... by sokoloff on Sunday March 13, 2022 @12:37PM (#30662906)
That’s a 2018 article and EMS rules have materially changed since then.
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Re:EU to make it mandatory to use customer-replaceable batte... by ClumsyPilot on Sunday March 13, 2022 @01:01PM (#30663209)
I am not in US
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Re:EU to make it mandatory to use customer-replaceable batte... by kube-system on Sunday March 13, 2022 @01:58PM (#30663928)
You’re probably in a country in the UPU.
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