5 year warranty
What about the right to be able to buy something WITHOUT a 5-year warranty? I live in Norway, and the long warranty (and 25% tax) create expensive products.
This is especially true for portable devices like mobile phones (and e-readers I guess) that get knocked around.
The company just bakes the cost into the price, and you end up paying for somebody who wants his mobile fixed after 4.5 years of rough treatment when you've bought three new ones in the meantime since the tech is old.
Also, people who take care of there things end up subsidising ones who dont.
Apple has AppleCare where you pay for extra warranty and service for three years and possibly more. Better those that want pay for extended warranties and let other not have to.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
