the reason this matters is that 'planned obsolescence' is a real thing, even if it's in a different form than people usually think: it's not some massive conspiracy, it's "just" manufacturers spending exactly enough on parts and labour to make it Probably Survive The Warranty, and accepting that some percentage of it won't that gamble suddenly gets a *lot* more expensive when your design that's specced for 2 years lifespan breaks at 1.9 years and then you have to repair it *and* that same 2-year-lifespan design now has to survive for *3 years*, because chances are you'll need to repair it *again* because some other component broke a bit later which means that to be safe, manufacturers now need to spec it for *more* than the 'warranty period', and also design against cascading failures, to make sure that it makes it through, and because the 'warranty period' isn't actually fixed in EU law but based on 'reasonable expectations', this makes it likely that those reasonable expectations slowly shift towards longer product lifespans because everybody is constantly targeting slightly-above-average