Regulation of designs will very likely get this wrong, and very harm the environment and drive up costs. However there could easily be regulation of labeling t

Regulation of designs will very likely get this wrong, and very harm the environment and drive up costs. However there could easily be regulation of labeling that could help. E.g. mandate display of statistical years of working life, and number of years of software support. At least this way customers would be able to make a choice.