That's not what planned obsolescence is. The Chromebooks keep being functional, they just don't keep receiving new software updates. > If you want to sell hard

That's not what planned obsolescence is. The Chromebooks keep being functional, they just don't keep receiving new software updates. > If you want to sell hardware, or license software for hardware, in the EU then you shouldn’t be allowed to stop supporting it after 7 years. What might actually happen in response to such legislation: 1) Chromebooks will just become more expensive for every additional year of mandated support and become prohibitively expensive if the support has to be forever. 2) Chromebooks will continue to be "supported" with cosmetic/poorly tested updates. 3) Chromebooks will ship without the "Automatic Update" feature.