@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu
Post #4350718
2026-08-03 09:17 UTC
Replies (15)
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@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu 2026-08-03 09:18
The outcome? Better products, achieving the same result with less energy and more intelligence in the design. And this is how the humble vacuum cleaner got better. — Regulation (EU) 666/2013 on ecodesign requirements for vacuum cleaners. In force since 1 September 2014.
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@robchapman@ohai.social 2026-08-03 09:25
@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu i hope that picture is not created with A.I?...down with A.I :noai: Now if it is...you know YOUR OWN rules Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 Starting August 2, 2026, the European Union WILL enforce mandatory disclosure for content created with the help of AI.
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@smeulski@mastodon.social 2026-08-03 09:31
@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu And so why did Europe extend the deadline for fossil fuel car bans...? Can we conclude Europe fears its car manufacturers are less innovative then vacuum cleaner manufacturers 🤔
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@autkin@fosstodon.org 2026-08-03 09:31
@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu you got me intrigued. What factors determined the threshold of 1600 watts?
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@Enea90@mastodon.social 2026-08-03 09:54
@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu I don't even get what is the point of the post besides pretending to be cool using the number of the beast.
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@agowa338@chaos.social 2026-08-03 09:56
@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu Literally nobody I know cared about that. Who ran to you crying about this? Some vendors?
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@megatronicthronbanks@mastodon.social 2026-08-03 10:13
@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu Tell 'em it's impossible. Then stand back.
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@raymaccarthy@mastodon.ie 2026-08-03 10:31
@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu Even 1600W is generous. Decent 500W vacuum cleaners existed in 1960s! The high power and noise was marketing. As unnecessary as a USA V8 engine eating 3x the fuel of car just as good for A to B and maybe better. Next ban the overlarge SUV and have a special licence showing need for trucks.
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@xs4me2@mastodon.social 2026-08-03 10:38
@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu True, they just need a target!
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@WvOostveen@mstdn.social 2026-08-03 10:51
@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu And I once read that the power reduction on vacuums caused the biggest power saving of all law measures.
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@barryallen2023@mastodon.social 2026-08-03 10:54
@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu Get rid of chat control
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@KitsuneVixi@sakurajima.social 2026-08-03 11:33
@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu EU comission tomorrow: "Let's chuck more money in the power guzzling datacenter pit!"
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@caravantraveller@social.cologne 2026-08-03 12:17
@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu If all other problems are solved, you may start regulating the power of devices used for a couple of minutes every other day at most. 🙄
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@kaito02@mastodon.social 2026-08-03 12:57
@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu can data centers use a maximum of 1,600 watts as well please 🙏
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@MxAlba@blahaj.zone 2026-08-04 07:28
@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu Also, vacume cleaner producers had figured out that consumers were sensitive to "NUMBER BIGGER" and advertised how many watts of power their vacuums used as "this one is the most powerful, this is the one you want!" This incentive caused them to make increasingly inefficient machines in order to make number go up. That trend was broken by this EU law, to the benefit of all. Yet another instance of anecdotal evidence of how capitalism doesn't benefit us.