Copying my comment from the other post from AppleInsider:
"No it doesn't. This is appleinsider, and obviously they think everything is about Apple.
But if you read the proposal, it never mentions smartphones. It is fairly clear that this aims to target other types of electronics such as hand tools.
I'm pretty sure EU is satisfied with at cost smartphone battery replacement policy they introduced while back. The whole point is to not scrap electronics just because the battery is old, not that average Joe should be able to do it himself for the cost of making phones more expensive to produce or lose IP ratings."
"No it doesn't. This is appleinsider, and obviously they think everything is about Apple.
But if you read the proposal, it never mentions smartphones. It is fairly clear that this aims to target other types of electronics such as hand tools.
I'm pretty sure EU is satisfied with at cost smartphone battery replacement policy they introduced while back. The whole point is to not scrap electronics just because the battery is old, not that average Joe should be able to do it himself for the cost of making phones more expensive to produce or lose IP ratings."