Sorry to be blunt, but: Bullshit 1. Batteries can still be replaced. 2. The battery is a major contributor to the ewaste in a phone. End-user-replaceable batt

Sorry to be blunt, but: Bullshit 1. Batteries can still be replaced. 2. The battery is a major contributor to the ewaste in a phone. End-user-replaceable batteries means replaced batteries are much more likely to be tossed than recycled. If your concern is ewaste contributing to the ecological crisis, here are some much better ideas than user-replaceable batteries on phones: - require manufacturers provide one free battery replacement - require 24-hr turnaround Or, for the people who like heavy-handed government regulations, flip the convenience/cost calculation, by, e.g., requiring a waiting period or fee when making a new device purchase. It's so obvious there are better ways to approach this from an ecological standpoint that I can't take this kind of argument seriously. People like to talk about the ecological crisis, but won't actually spend any thoughts on it. Oh well!