The association proposes that manufacturers provide security updates for three years and function updates for two years.Īs for the spare parts, DigitalEurope wants manufacturers to only provide displays and batteries. Industrial association DigitalEurope, which represents Apple, Samsung, and Huawei, thinks the proposals go too far. With these demands, the German government goes beyond the previously known proposals of the EU Commission, which wants smartphone makers, like Apple and Google, to keep updating and having spare parts for five years, while tablets spare parts should be available for six years. According to Heise Online, Germany’s Ministry of Economics also wants spare parts provided “at a reasonable price.” A new environmental responsibility proposal from the German government to the European Union says Apple should require security updates and spare parts for iPhone for at least seven years.
