@dirkgentle@lemmy.ca to Technology@beehaw.org • 2 years agoEU: Smartphones Must Have User-Replaceable Batteries by 2027www.pcmag.comexternal-linkmessage-square78fedilinkarrow-up1323arrow-down10cross-posted to: worldnews@lemmy.mlworldnews@lemmy.mlworld@lemmy.worldtechnology@beehaw.orghardware@lemmy.mltechnology@hexbear.net
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minus-square@RaoulDuke@lemmy.nzlinkfedilink38•2 years agoGood. Non-replaceable batteries benefit no one but device manufacturers and miners of lithium, cobalt, etc.
minus-square@Da_Boom@iusearchlinux.fyilinkfedilink24•2 years agoI don’t think it would really benefit or harm the lithium miners and battery manufacturers - in fact it might benefit them more if they could sell their batteries directly to consumers and skip the middleman, keeping those profits for themselves.
minus-square@RaoulDuke@lemmy.nzlinkfedilink6•2 years agoYeah, you’re right. I didn’t think that through properly.
minus-square 🇺🇦 seirim linkfedilink1•2 years agoHa yeah, I’ll just buy more batteries so I can always be able to pop in a spare, sigh.
Good. Non-replaceable batteries benefit no one but device manufacturers and miners of lithium, cobalt, etc.
I don’t think it would really benefit or harm the lithium miners and battery manufacturers - in fact it might benefit them more if they could sell their batteries directly to consumers and skip the middleman, keeping those profits for themselves.
Yeah, you’re right. I didn’t think that through properly.
Ha yeah, I’ll just buy more batteries so I can always be able to pop in a spare, sigh.