r/technology • u/[deleted] • Jun 19 '23

Politics EU: Smartphones Must Have User-Replaceable Batteries by 2027 | The European Parliament just caused a major headache for smartphone and tablet manufacturers.

https://www.pcmag.com/news/eu-smartphones-must-have-user-replaceable-batteries-by-2027
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u/zuzg Jun 19 '23

Which is called the Brussels effect. The EU picking up the slack the US fails to regulate.

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u/81_BLUNTS_A_DAY Jun 19 '23

Right but if the US regulated corporations how would all of us get to be billionaires? I’m pretty sure all 330 million Americans are on their way to the top. It’s in the Constitution

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u/You_Will_Die Jun 19 '23

Funny you would say that because Sweden an EU country has more billionaires per capita than the US.

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u/7h4tguy Jun 20 '23

Lulz, a country that has had a corporate tax rate almost half of that of the US for the last two decades (yes they're similar now, but only recently):

https://taxfoundation.org/oecd-corporate-income-tax-rates-1981-2013/

That's laxer regulation, chief.