Yeah for the EU I think that there's a law that effectively says things should last as long things should be expected to last. For major appliances IIRC this h

Yeah for the EU I think that there's a law that effectively says things should last as long things should be expected to last. For major appliances IIRC this has been shown in court to be as much as ten years. I think at some point in the past apple caught a lot of flack for this over "Apple Care", a paid add-on to give you a longer than basic warranty, but neither the original nor the enhanced warranty were as good as the legally required warranty anyway. I guess this probably still applies in the UK, for now, as well.