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The reality is that no one wants to carry around a five pound laptop just for the sake of sturdiness or repairability.
by stronglikedan 2y ago
The reality is that no one wants to carry around a five pound laptop just for the sake of sturdiness or repairability.
- DrNosferatu 2y agoOne thing does not prevent the other: that's what standards are for.
- acrooks 2y agoYou will need to sacrifice something. If the regulations become more restrictive, one of the following needs to change: - cost (laptops getting more expensive) - quality (laptops getting less powerful / smaller) - time (manufacturers have a long grace period before they need to implement the regulations, to allow technology to catch up)
- DrNosferatu 2y agoThe EU always implements this kind of legislation with grace periods - obviously, no step functions.
- asdffdasy 2y ago98% of laptops are portable desktops. Only in very niche jobs you carry your laptop to/from office/home every day.