I personally can't see the problem with the concept of consumer protection laws when applied to smartphones or other tech gadgetry. As for when Australia's cons

I personally can't see the problem with the concept of consumer protection laws when applied to smartphones or other tech gadgetry. As for when Australia's consumer protection laws, they underwent a fairly comprehensive re-write in 2011. Would you mind expanding on some of the conceptual difficulties you see? Genuine question; not trying to be snarky. I just like playing "king for a day" :) It's an interesting issue, particularly around how warranties apply to things like firmware updates and security patches. HP have previously run afoul of the ACCC, due to their policy of making customers pay extra for firmware updates after their 1 year warranty period expires (https://www.accc.gov.au/media-release/hp-to-pay-3-million-for-misleading-consumers-and-retailers https://www.accc.gov.au/media-release/hp-to-pay-3-million-fo...).