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eWaste also includes all the stuff not including the battery. Making batteries replaceable increases the lifespan of all that other stuff. Of course they may n
by barrkel 3y ago
eWaste also includes all the stuff not including the battery. Making batteries replaceable increases the lifespan of all that other stuff.
Of course they may not be supported by software in the case of phones and tablets, but (a) that's a separate issue and (b) not all tech with non-replaceable batteries are phones and tablets. It's an increasingly common pattern in wireless headphones, powered toothbrushes, hair clippers, etc.
- arlcode 3y agoThe cyber resilience act which is worked on in parallel would require software updates (not necessarily new features) for a "reasonable" amount of time (I recall about 5 years for phones).
- happymellon 3y agoThat was really my point, there are clauses but the main point of the entire thing appears to be to stop things having non-replaceable batteries. Phones are a bit annoying, but they can have their batteries replaced. There are much lower hanging fruit, such as all the phones that can't have the batteries replaced at all, or the toothbrushes, etc. But EU mandates that toothbrushes need to have replaceable batteries isn't click-bate enough compared to Apple conspiracies.