AccidentalLemmingJul 12, 2023

EU will require removable batteries from 2027

https://lemmy.world/post/1397803

EU will require removable batteries from 2027 - Lemmy.world

It had been in the works for a while, but now it has formally been adopted. From the article: > The regulation provides that by 2027 portable batteries incorporated into appliances should be removable and replaceable by the end-user, leaving sufficient time for operators to adapt the design of their products to this requirement.

Show threadarcJul 13, 2023
Problem with legislation like this is it frequently doesn’t take into account that companies like Apple can be devious assholes. Every loop hole has to be anticipated and covered before it can be exploited.
Show threadBlackmist
I can see them changing the battery design every year and refusing to make old ones, or just making the batteries cost almost as much as a new phone.
Jul 14, 2023 at 10:34amWeb
Show threadTheFriendlyDickheadJul 14, 2023
I think if only they did this and the rest of the companies don’t they would lose a big chunk of their market share, because a lot of people realy want those replacebal battery’s
Show threadNalivaiJul 14, 2023
The thing with apple is that at this point they don’t have customers, they have followers. People for whom this will be a deal breaker jumped the ship long ago, now the company can do whatever it wants and people will still buying it. The bad thing is that other companies will copy everything they do because they don’t really understand the dynamics.
Show threadcompact_ravioliJul 14, 2023

When I talked with friends or family no one even mentioned wanting a replaceable battery…always just the new big screen, the camera or the speed. Some didn’t even understand the difference between having 4GB of RAM or 4GB of storage.

I’d like to be wrong but I think most people don’t really care and some will even complain about.

Last time I bought a phone was around 3 years ago and when I asked about a new phone with a replaceable battery the guy just looked at me and asked “Why would you want that?”

Show threadNuPNuAJul 14, 2023
I’m pretty tech savvy and I can’t say that it’s a feature I particularly care about. I carry a battery pack with my for various devices and by the time my battery is dying, it’s time for a new phone anyway.
Show threadvariaatioJul 14, 2023

EU is not in it’s first Rodeo.

  • refusing to make batteries, covered regulation demands 5 years of supplying spare batteries from the putting of the last example of the product to the market
  • yanking prices sky high, covered, regulation says spare batteries must be offered at reasonable cost and non-discriminatory basis
  • software locking out third party batteries, covered, regulation say software cannot be used to impede using compatible batteries.
  • trying to get money via selling special tools, covered, special tools can’t be demanded to be used to disassemble the product to change the battery, unless said tools is provided free of charge with the product.

Not EU’s first rodeo.