It's very much an avoidable inconvenience to replace. I don't see it as ridiculous at all. >And no, a proper hardware doesn't chew up RTC battery even if unplu

It's very much an avoidable inconvenience to replace. I don't see it as ridiculous at all. >And no, a proper hardware doesn't chew up RTC battery even if unplugged for months. It in fact takes over a year to completely drain. Perhaps two years. It's inevitable, as CR2032s are not rechargeable and the circuits begins to draw on it less than two minutes after the system is unplugged. Eventually the battery must run out.