In regards to this comment: > Guess there will be some more lawmaking involved, to define these expected lifetimes. There are expected lifetimes established a

In regards to this comment: > Guess there will be some more lawmaking involved, to define these expected lifetimes. There are expected lifetimes established as part of the track record of consumer cases about laws implementing EU directive 1999/44/EC. While some countries go further (e.g. the UK's 6 years for manufacturer defects was in place even while they were in the EU), for electronics that's usually held at 2 years for the EU minimum.