The problem we have here in Europe is that the gravy train riders in EASA, and in the national CAAs before them, have been taking these manufacturer requirements at face value and enforcing them. The system was not designed to work that way, but these people are too dumb to understand, so they enforce life limits on stuff which has got no inherent degradation mechanism, or which is more likely to fail if messed with than if left alone.
And that is the crux of what I was saying, like it or not you have to adhere to the life limits...... as they are the European governing body interpreting and laying down the requirements to replace them on the life limits.