European Union votes to bring back replaceable phone batteries

Re:European Union votes to bring back replaceable phone batt... by rtsil on Friday June 16, 2023 @06:06PM (#36364565)

That argument is often used in bad faith/FUD by the big players themselves to halt any regulation attempts.

Regulations can be adapted to affect only the companies that reach X percentage in sales or in market share. The EU's Digital Markets Act does precisely this, for instance.

The regulators can let smaller players grow and thrive, and regulate them once they've exceeded a certain threshold.

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Re:European Union votes to bring back replaceable phone batt... by thrashh on Saturday June 17, 2023 @04:41AM (#36368427)

Because it’s used by bad people doesn’t mean that it isn’t right.

Look at that GDPR popup. I and everyone I know just clicks “Accept All Cookies” now.

Sometimes regulators make something amazing, but sometimes it’s a load of turd. It’s hard to tell what’s going to turn out sometimes.

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