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Comment by littlestymaar

9 hours ago

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.

  • And that is perfectly fine!

    • That's not what a lot of proponents of these laws argue. They often state that if a company is making something unavailable in the EU due to one of the laws that the company is throwing a fit or being spiteful.