• Double_A@discuss.tchncs.de
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    1 year ago

    undefined> The EU should forbid charging more for replacement or repair parts than the cost to manufacture them plus a small (!) markup.

    I mean 100€ with labour and parts is not that unfair for a business in a western country. I assume that you need to work on a phone for at least 30 mins to to get everything done. And 100-200€ an hour for a working professional is not that outrageous.

    • narc0tic_bird@beehaw.org
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      1 year ago

      I agree with you that the repair service can be expensive to offer, but the replacement part should still cost next to nothing. I can’t imagine a phone battery costing any more than $10 to manufacture.

      What I’m concerned about is that this law is pretty useless without cheaper prices for original batteries to go with it.