Not sure what EU rules you are referring to. All the phones I had were chargeable by standard USB socket and rootable, afaik. You have things like fairphone wh

Not sure what EU rules you are referring to. All the phones I had were chargeable by standard USB socket and rootable, afaik. You have things like fairphone where you can exchange and upgrade parts. In general, the magic of capitalism is that if people want something, somebody will eventually make it. I also wonder how much of companies trying to prevent repairs is actually BECAUSE of regulations. Like they could be liable if something goes wrong. What if somebody tries to repair a phone, does it wrong, and the battery explodes. Who would be liable? Your final point, with you being able to do a lot of repairs: you are not normal in that respect. Most people could not do that. And even the hourly rate of most people would probably make it ineffective for them to do it, even if they could. Since it is inefficient, I question the assumption that repairs are automatically good for the environment. Maybe buying a newer, more energy efficient machine every couple of years is better in some cases, especially if the old machine is recycled properly. I would be much more in favor of regulations with respect to recycling. This "repairing is better" is mostly ideology and virtue signalling.