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I wish you were right but I have zero faith that Apple would ever willingly follow through with this. A depleted battery is an opportunity for them to sell peop

I wish you were right but I have zero faith that Apple would ever willingly follow through with this. A depleted battery is an opportunity for them to sell people on a new phone who don't realize they can get the battery replaced. It also totally goes against their whole ethos of non-repair. Mandating USB C was easier because Apple already did that with the Macbooks, so it wasn't that big of a leap. Removable batteries, however, they would claim would require some expensive, impossible redesign. Regretfully I don't see this coming to fruition. Apple will find a way, by hook, crook, or lawsuit, to get out of it.

dotnet00 3y ago
Alternatively, it'll be another excuse for them to claim to revolutionize computing to cheers by bringing back the old replaceable battery with some more proprietary stuff and carefully hidden statements about the water resistance not working afterwards.
malermeister 3y ago
The same Apple that is prepping to open up to sideloading right now?
- Simulacra 3y ago
  From your lips to God's ears...
arlcode 3y ago
Not so long ago some people claimed apple would rather leave the EU market than implement USB-C or open up the app store. They complied (or are in the process of complying) with these regulations. Afaik the proposed battery act allows either swappable batteries or a minimum "lifetime".
- seszett 3y ago
  > Not so long ago some people claimed apple would rather leave the EU market than implement USB-C or open up the app store It's just a case of Americans underestimating the size of the EU market. But the large corporations that already do business in the EU know very well that they can't leave a market that represents half of their revenue.