If you ever needed a thread to show what brain washed cabbages; that Apple fan bois are; have a look at some of the comments under this article ....
https://www.macrumors.com/2021/09/06/ge ... e-updates/
Smartphone makers like Apple and Google should be required to provide security updates and spare parts for their mobile devices for at least seven years, according to new environmental responsibility proposals from the German government to the European Union
The European Commission recently proposed that mobile device manufacturers should provide software updates and spare parts for five years, with tablet spare parts available for six years. It also wants to force manufacturers to publish the prices of the spare parts and ensure they don't increase, and deliver said parts in no more than five working days.
However, Germany wants the EU to go further by demanding seven years of updates and spare parts availability. In addition, it wants manufacturers to offer spare parts at "a reasonable price," and faster delivery of spare parts, a point it wishes to discuss further with the Commission.
Security, yes. Repair parts, maybe not so much. Apple could probably do it, but android makers don’t build in the same quantity that Apple does.
I really dislike the EU dictating to American companies.
Many of this good intentioned laws ignore the complexity of systems and unforeseeable negative consequences. Of course, this law can have clear negative effects on consumers. The most obvious (not the only) one with this kind of regulation is hindering innovation: you end up with “dinosaur” markets where the smallest screw is regulated.
Guess only time will tell if mobile devices will reverse back to the 1990s when laptops are at least 3 times current price range. Part of the reason for those price (back then) was the Operating Costs for extensive parts storage as well as lack of economy of scale to run small quantity parts production when sudden surge runs the existing stock dry (esp. entering the 4-5th year). Back then, some laptop manufacturers had a 7 or 10 years parts available policy. But the parts are damn costly due to several factors.
Good luck EU. Ever wonder why the same iPhone retails at higher price in US and EU than some parts of the world? And maybe rest of the world if manufacturers decide to penalise all consumers in blanket policies instead of only those in EU.
Have any of these cretins ever wondered how Apple came to become the most valuable company on the planet ?
Do they have even the vaguest idea what their profit margins are ?
Or even what Engineering justification there is for filling ever sqr mm of space inside Apples products with sticky glue; that makes replacing parts all but impossible ?
Very cool indeed 
