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EU will require removable batteries from 2027 (www.consilium.europa.eu)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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It had been in the works for a while, but now it has formally been adopted. From the article:

The regulation provides that by 2027 portable batteries incorporated into appliances should be removable and replaceable by the end-user, leaving sufficient time for operators to adapt the design of their products to this requirement.

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[–] [email protected] 81 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (73 children)

I have seen countless videos on tiktok of people being against this move, and my question is why? why wouldn't anyone want to be able to extend the life of their expensive devices, why wouldn't people want easily repairable batteries that take less than 5 minutes to swap out?

the only argument ive seen against this is "OOH BUT BUT BUT THE AESTHETICS OF THE PHONE" who cares? function should always be over looks. and if anything it will end the trend of phones being glassy slabs and bring some innovation and new designs to the table. which will be interesting to see.

[+] [email protected] -11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Because I take my phone to a shop and spend $10 to have it replaced every 3 years currently. And that is infinitly worth a smaller more practical phone.

You people really ought to rub at least 2 brain cells together before making the stupid I DON'T UNDERSTAND PROCLAMATIONS.

You just sound dumb as fuck to anyone who has spent twenty seconds thinking it through.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah that's not true and you're obviously lying. Unless you live in a country where the purchasing power of a dollar is about five or six times greater than everyone else.

Batteries cost $20 as a retail item before you even factor in their labor.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Of fucking course I'm not including the battery. It an independent unrelated variable.

The cost to have the battery replaced is $10-15 dollars. You are grasping at straws here my man.

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