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.
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.
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.
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
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.
AccidentalLemming
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