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The mobile is maybe the most important device ever invented. The inventors and first movers got more than plenty rewards for their accumen. Its time it becomes
by college_physics 4y ago
The mobile is maybe the most important device ever invented. The inventors and first movers got more than plenty rewards for their accumen. Its time it becomes a tool for a better society. Less junky, less wasteful, both in hardware and software terms. If the "market" wont deliver in its existing rails, thats why democratic govs legislate new and more appropriate rails.
I am sure talented engineers will fix any of the purported drawbacks of replaceable batteries if thats what they get instructed to do.
As for the EU, what can I say. Derided, badmouthed and undermined continuously both from within and from outside, its the only major entity that consistently provides a sense that there is hope.
- sneak 4y agoThis comment seems to assume that innovation in mobile phones is complete, and that no harm will occur from letting the regulators take over more control from the current inventors and designers.
- college_physics 4y agoThe comment on the comment seems to assume that its better to sustain current and certain harm in order not to incur hypothetical future harm from the suppression of yet to be seen inventions This scenario is no more likely that the legislation of safety belts preventing the invention of EV's In fact robust and reasonable regulation that makes societal expectations clear can save inventors and designers a lot of heartburn and channel their energies towards more sustainable pursuits
- janosdebugs 4y agoThe EU regulators seen to be moving rather carefully in this case. They are not mandating full right to repair, merely that the battery should be replacable. E-waste is an issue that vendors are more than happy to socialize the costs of.