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

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?”