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Re:Building a faster, smarter, Chromebook experience with th... by oblio on Thursday June 13, 2024 @07:29AM (#40668290)
Close, but not quite. And guess who's triggered it, it's the usual suspect, the EU:

> Availability of software and firmware updates

> (a)

> The latest available version of the firmware shall be made available for a minimum period of eight years after the placing on the market of the last unit of a certain product model, free of charge or at a fair, transparent and non-discriminatory cost. The latest available security update to the firmware shall be made available until at least eight years after the placing on the market of the last product of a certain product model, free of charge.

(b)

> Information on the minimum guaranteed availability of software and firmware updates, availability of spare parts and product support shall be indicated in the product information sheet as from Annex V of Regulation (EU) 2019/2013.

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2019/2021/oj

I can't find all of it, but part of it is triggered by EU environment protection directives.

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