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Good thing we have removable batteries in all the phones now /s

• MrDresden 3y ago
  It is coming (again) thanks to one of the largest single market on the planet making replacable batteries in portable electronics a requirement by 2027 (in 3 years time) [0]. I find it highly unlikely that there will be double production of devices for the EU market on one hand and the rest of the world on the other (and the biggest producers are not going to be pulling out of the market for obvious reasons). [0] https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20230609IPR96210/making-batteries-more-sustainable-more-durable-and-better-performing https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20230609IP...
  • summm 3y ago
    If only. I suspect they will use the "waterproof" exception as an excuse to continue as before.
    • Arnt 3y ago
      I hope so. I've loved that ever since the first summer with a waterproof phone. Where I live, the summer rains can drench you in a minute,
  • crotchfire 3y ago
    You're ignoring the third possibility which is that, given three years to do so, the lobbyists capture the regulators like they always do.
    • MrDresden 3y ago
      Possible. But given that they couldn't do that with the cash cow that is the ios app store[0] I won't hold my breath for it to happen with batteries. [0] https://www.macrumors.com/2024/01/15/app-store-to-be-split-in-two/ https://www.macrumors.com/2024/01/15/app-store-to-be-split-i...