EU Prepares "Right to Repair" Legislation to Fight Short Product Lifespans
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/government/eu-prepares-right-to-repair-legislation-to-fight-short-product-lifespans/
This area is one I really want to be sorted A.S.P.
For example, many devices today come with built-in LEDs that once they go out they cannot be replaced, or with soldered-in batteries that once they degrade, the user is forced to buy a new product altogether, or keep the device always plugged in.
For all of my old mobile phones, even before they became smart phones, they all had removable batteries once I had a battery older than a year old I used to get a new battery and alternate them. With my first smart phone Samsung Galaxy Nexus, a great phone but I would generally have to charge it every night so batteries don't last particularly long, so replacement batteries were great. I had that smart phone for 4 years before it died.
Now my Google Nexus 6P has a hard wired battery, but it is quite large capacity and lasts well over a day before it needs charging. But I feel that before my contract ends I'm likely to need to replace the battery (sending it of for replacement.
This really is madness, just imagine if all of those bonfires with the Samsung Galaxy Note 7, this could have saved Samsung $billions, just by having a replacement battery. I was seriously considering this phablet until the bonfires started up.
