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Is blanket forbidding glued parts practical? It's the obvious simple way to attach some things. I'm not sure if the tools even exist to package a wafer with just screws, for example.
Of course, this is the EU and they've shown themself capable of legislating away only the dumb parts of an industry.
@CanadaPlus Show me where - for example - the Fairphone uses glue.
I was actually asking. It depends on how you define "glue", too. Solder is glue by a lot of definitions. You could restrict it to organic resins, but then like I mentioned the ICs are packaged in those.
A better legislative approach would be to require removable connectors whenever it's a reasonably equivalent option.
@CanadaPlus Well I guess that no one is questioning solder. It is about screens that are glued to the frame or batteries that are glued to some other parts of the phone.
Oh yes. And I'm not debating they do that purely as a form of planned obsolescence.
We're talking laws here, though. Saying "but that's dumb" doesn't hold up in court (nor should it). You have to write exactly what you mean, because people's money and sometimes freedom is riding on it.
@CanadaPlus Sure. But they aren't amateurs. It's their job. And normally the EU is doing an okay job.
Definitely. It should go without saying that I have no actual influence here, I'm just "armchair general"-ing. I imagine something similar is true in your case.
I do have faith, at this point, that the EU will find a way to implement right to repair without creating unwanted side-effects.