beep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 hours agoSmartphone makers don't bother to comply with EU repairability requirementsrepair.euexternal-linkmessage-square32linkfedilinkarrow-up1164arrow-down12file-text
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minus-squarekoka_noodles@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 hours agoObviously but that doesn’t mean that the flat number of year on year sales don’t matter. It’s a very important metric
minus-squaredeHaga@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 hours agoIt means you are losing market share
minus-squarezaphod@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 hour agoAnd if they don’t comply with EU regulations they will lose even more market share.
minus-squarekoka_noodles@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours agoMaybe. It depends on if the market is growing or shrinking.
minus-squaredeHaga@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours agoThe market is growing outside the EU.
minus-squarekoka_noodles@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoOk. The subject here is the EU.
minus-squaredeHaga@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoThe subject is smartphone manufacturers ignoring EU rules
minus-squarekoka_noodles@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoYes. 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.
minus-squaredeHaga@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoThat’s because there is no growth in Europe
minus-squarekoka_noodles@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·41 minutes agoOk, if that’s the case. Mobile phone companies still care about sales in the region.
Obviously but that doesn’t mean that the flat number of year on year sales don’t matter. It’s a very important metric
It means you are losing market share
And if they don’t comply with EU regulations they will lose even more market share.
Maybe. It depends on if the market is growing or shrinking.
The market is growing outside the EU.
Ok. The subject here is the EU.
The subject is smartphone manufacturers ignoring EU rules
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.
That’s because there is no growth in Europe
Ok, if that’s the case. Mobile phone companies still care about sales in the region.