J Scott Marcus <scott@scottmarcus.com> wrote:
    > You would probably find some useful bits in a recent study of mine on behalf
    > of the European Parliament.

    > J. Scott Marcus (2020), “Promoting product longevity: How can the EU product
    > safety and compliance framework help promote product durability and tackle
    > planned obsolescence, foster the production of more sustainable products, and
    > achieve more transparent supply chains for consumers?”, study for the IMCO
    > Committee of the European Parliament.
    > https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2020/648767/IPOL_STU(2020)648767_EN.pdf

For the rest who did not read it yet:

"Some users always want to have the latest technology, but there is good
reason to believe that a great manyof these mobile devices are replaced (1)
because the battery has died, and cannot be replaced by the user; or (2)
because the screen has cracked, and cannot be replaced by the user, or (3)
because the manufacturer no longer is willing or able to support the
software. "

with the caution that:

"These same considerations hint at reasons why any prolongation of product
lifetime for passenger vehicles – a potential initiative which,
interestingly, is not visible in the Circular Economy Action Plan – might
prove to be counter-productive at this particular point in time. Any
prolongation of the lifetime of existing vehicles risks a slight delay in the
take-up of new electric vehicles and self-driving vehicles, thus potential
delaying a technology evolution that produces benefits of its own. "

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