This comment seems to assume that innovation in mobile phones is complete, and that no harm will occur from letting the regulators take over more control from the current inventors and designers.
The comment on the comment seems to assume that its better to sustain current and certain harm in order not to incur hypothetical future harm from the suppression of yet to be seen inventions
This scenario is no more likely that the legislation of safety belts preventing the invention of EV's
In fact robust and reasonable regulation that makes societal expectations clear can save inventors and designers a lot of heartburn and channel their energies towards more sustainable pursuits
The EU regulators seen to be moving rather carefully in this case. They are not mandating full right to repair, merely that the battery should be replacable. E-waste is an issue that vendors are more than happy to socialize the costs of.
