[datsci_est_2015]

EU regulatory bodies haven’t been as blindly sycophantic towards megacorporations in terms of allowing them to skirt by rules set forth by their legislatures, so I would be more optimistic than if this were a development in US law.

[philipallstar]

Well yes, that's where the innovation happened. Collecting fines based on regulation without innovation is easy street.

[matchbok3]

If people wanted replaceable batteries in the US, companies would sell them.

There's big conspiracy here. They just don't matter to most people.

And this regulation is really bad and will harm innovation for very little to no value.

[gf000]

The free market only works when you have sufficient competition. The phone market is absolutely not trivial to enter, so your first sentence is plain and simply false.

Also, given that iphones almost already pass the requirements, where is the harm to innovation?

[matchbok3]

There are hundreds of phone choices made by 10+ manufacturers. What lack of competition are you referencing? You can still buy a flip phone if you want.

The harm to innovation is not today, but in the future for some as-of-yet built product. That is.... what innovation is...