I wonder if differences in implied warranty cut into margin in Europe.

It's not super clear what the actual standard is, but I know that (for example) a laptop that I had failed at about 13 months old because of a design flaw and in the US I was SOL, but other complainants with the same flaw in the UK had the motherboard replaced because the laptop was considered "not fit for purpose" which if I understand the Sale of Goods Act in the UK is good for 6 years after purchase — that could really eat into the margins in the hardware industry