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Smartphone makers don't bother to comply with EU repairability requirements (www.theregister.com)
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[–] 8 points 2 months ago (3 children)

If the only penalty is a fine, then it's just a cost of doing business.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Expulsion from the market would e better for everybody.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    How about if the investigation that imposes monetary penalties also finds that the conduct was likely willful, they receive a strike. This strike goes against not only the specific named company but all related companies as well (all subsidiaries, all parents, etc. along the entire corporate hierarchy).

    They can receive 1 strike, to allow for corporate behavior and culture changes. If any related company receives another strike, none of them can operate in the EU at all anymore.

    If Samsung smartphones don't comply with rules, and later Samsung TVs are found to do the same... no more Samsung products period. They lose access to the market entirely.

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    [–] 4 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    Self-reporting and self-declaration was always going to fail... Companies always need to be regulated and checked.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    Self-reporting and self-declaration are not a problem. You still have to comply and you still can get fined. So that's what we are all waiting for.

    Right now these companies are calculating that it's worth paying the fines to not comply. Let's make that calculation change.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (1 child)

    yea it's stupid, if you can afford it, fines become something of a paid subscription to do illegal stuff, or at least this is a lot of companies' mentality

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    [–] 27 points 2 months ago

    If the law has no teeth, and it's not being enforced, then why would they?

    "Look!", says the politicians, "We made the law, we're on your side, vote for us! It's not our fault the judicial system isn't doing its part!"

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