Re:Smartphone makers don't bother to comply with EU repairab...
by zelphirkalt on Monday September 07, 2026 @12:41PM
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If the severity of punishment for violations was high enough, we would only need very few example cases, before it stops.
Re:Smartphone makers don't bother to comply with EU repairab...
by maccard on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @04:20AM
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severity of punishment does not correlate to reoffending rates. We’ve seen this time and time again. Consistency of enforcement does.
Re:Smartphone makers don't bother to comply with EU repairab...
by zelphirkalt on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @07:09AM
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Consistently collecting pennies also won't do. Both is needed. It needs to hurt the business in violation, and it needs to be consistent.
Re:Smartphone makers don't bother to comply with EU repairab...
by Frieren on Monday September 07, 2026 @03:39PM
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> Amazon...
The company that looks like a medieval food shop with meat warming in the sun and a big sign that says "caveat emptor" and manned by a slave with very dirty hands. The fact that it still operates in the EU is prove that more tough punishments are needed for corporations that push fraud, dangerous products, abuse of monopolistic position, etc. Amazon in a nutshell.
Re:Smartphone makers don't bother to comply with EU repairab...
by mitxela on Monday September 07, 2026 @08:52PM
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A government can't ban a company for its reputation - it has to actually do something wrong.
Re:Smartphone makers don't bother to comply with EU repairab...
by Frieren on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @01:57AM
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> it has to actually do something wrong.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/apr/...
It is not reputation, it is committing actual crimes...
The problem is the response is toothless. I reported Amazon for a violation to ICO in February 2019, received an automated email a month later asking for a swathe of information, replied to that, and 3 months later got an update that it would be assigned a Case Officer. That was the last time I heard from them on that matter.
Meanwhile, my local council will respond to pretty much _everything_ within 24-48 hours. I’ve reported all sorts of “small” things and when it comes up naturally friends are surprised that the council did anything. They’ve never actually tried reporting the issues, and assume it’s all fruitless.