Second hand phones are a shit-show, full of hidden costs (often at least new batteries and paying to check if it has been stolen) and people treat their phones like crap, meaning once the often one-month warrently you often get will not matter much once the phone starts bootlooping after three months from damage caused by the last owner.

All those same problems have applied to used cars for more than one century. There’s still a billion people who drive used cars.

Phones are always going to be harder to repair, because of their size.

Used goods sold by a business carry a 1 year (minimum) warranty in the EU.

Good luck proving that the last owner dropping the phone over and over caused the bootlooping and you would have to spend more than the cost of the device to take someone to court.

Poor people de-facto don't have those legal rights, only what the seller is willing to allow.

If it happens in the first 6 months, you don't have to prove it, the seller has to prove you did something to cause the bootloop[1] (and it's usually not worth it to them). I've had good luck with warranty claims beyond the 6 month period, when sticking to reputable sellers.

[1] https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/consumers/shopping/gua...

I mean the cost of the phones would obviously rise if their manufacturers are to do what this proposal dictates. For cheap smartphones the increase will be the most dramatic.