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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] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

lol I saw someone else last year complaining about GDPR because they thought clicking cookie banners was annoying. But it's like... don't be mad at GDPR for making you click banners that warn you about invasive practices, be mad at the fact that the invasive practices are allowed in the first place.

I actually run a directory of companies and products that don't use invasive tracking cookies called CookieSlayers in an effort to make people aware of better alternatives, and ultimately build a better web. Feel free to contribute to it.

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

Cookies are not invasive, you need them to log in to websites

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

First-party cookies, yes, third-party cookies, no. There are good cookies and there are bad cookies. CookieSlayers is a directory focused on good cookies.

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

I have all third party cookies blocked at the browser level, GDPR or no GDPR

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

That's good, although it shouldn't have to fall to you (the consumer) to do that.

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

It shouldn't fall on me to click cookie banners either

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

I don't disagree. It's a legislative failure.