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Smartphone makers don't bother to comply with EU repairability requirements (repair.eu)
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cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1386161/smartphone-makers-don-t-bother-to-comply-with-eu-repairability-requirements

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[+] -51 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (27 children)

Probably because 90% of growth is occurring outside the EU.

Edit. It's a fucking EU stated fact muppets

https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/smes/growing-and-scaling-sme/improving-smes-access-marktets/sme-internationalisation-beyond-eu_en

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  • [–] 28 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

    Do you think Apple and Samsung would stop selling 60% of the European phones? https://appleworld.today/2026/08/apple-now-has-34-of-europes-smartphone-market/

    Also you're the kind of useful idiot that we see all over the internet. Stop.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 weeks ago (16 children)

    Growth isn't the only important metric here.

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  • [+] -8 points 3 weeks ago (15 children)

    It is to smartphone manufacturers

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  • [–] 3 points 3 weeks ago (14 children)

    It's not. Year on year sales can remain flat but they are still important to turnover.

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  • [–] -1 points 3 weeks ago (13 children)

    Lol

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago (12 children)

    Why ?

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago (11 children)

    Because flat < growth

    It's not that deep

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago (10 children)

    Obviously but that doesn't mean that the flat number of year on year sales don't matter. It's a very important metric

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago (9 children)

    It means you are losing market share

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago (7 children)

    Maybe. It depends on if the market is growing or shrinking.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago (6 children)

    The market is growing outside the EU.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago (5 children)

    Ok. The subject here is the EU.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago (4 children)

    The subject is smartphone manufacturers ignoring EU rules

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago (3 children)

    Yes. Growth in Europe isn't the only metric that matters to smartphone manufacturers because they are still making money on the sales they make in Europe even if they aren't growing in the market.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    That's because there is no growth in Europe

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    The EU could flip the scrip and get back to Nokia phones and real interactions. That way the data flow abroad would be minimised significantly.

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