Europe Protects Consumers With USB-C

🇪🇺 Europe will require all mobile phones to be sold with user-replaceable and longer-lasting batteries starting 2027. The regulation demands the availability of spare parts and manuals for 10 years to curb planned obsolescence. As per the USB-C ruling, Europe is a giant that can change markets to put European consumers’ needs first.

Ursula von der Leyen stands at a European Parliament podium in front of EU flags. The post presents Europe as a powerful giant protecting consumers through regulations requiring replaceable, longer-lasting phone batteries and long-term spare parts availability. It is used as a humorous or admiring reaction to EU legislation challenging manufacturers and planned obsolescence.

• @antichirst / 22300 2026-04-19