Comment by daenney
20 hours ago
> We want to help people in the EU, but with laws like replaceable batteries, it's going to push us further and further away from being able to do that.
We want to help people, but only if and when it’s profitable for us to do so on terms we decide for you.
> A market doesnt want our products, we wont provide those products to that market.
The terms seem at least, largely influenced by the laws euros seem happy with. Regulation has a cost.
e-waste also have a cost.
And regulations are here to make businesses internalize this cost instead of letting society as a whole pay it out.
Sometimes the cost is that there is no viable product.
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> We want to help people, but only if and when it’s profitable for us
If s/he is running a company and not a charity, this is responsible, understandable, and predictable.
Of course, but that makes "help" a weasel word. They want to be able to sell their product, that they possibly strongly feel will help the buyers.
Yes, and that's exactly why we need regulations, and can't leave it to the market!
This is, I believe, the definition of a free market choice
And this is why regulation exists, QED lol
Yes, a free market isn't the answer to everything. It will never optimise for sustainability unless this is a conscious consumer choice factor. It's way too important to leave it to that though. Hence regulation.
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Uh... yeah. It's called a business.