512
EU votes to mandate removable batteries in smartphones in a landslide; no more glued together junk! (www.youtube.com)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/videos@lemmy.world
44 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2020/0798/COM_COM(2020)0798_EN.pdf

https://wccftech.com/new-eu-law-demands-replaceable-smartphone-batteries/

Additional video on this:

A new EU law will require all mobile devices to have user-replaceable batteries by 2027. In this episode we take a look at the law, it's consequences and right to repair.

ColdFusion on YT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo-k-Qosy8A

About Coldfusion:

Hi, my name is Dagogo Altraide and I create and narrate all the videos on here. This channel aims to let you experience the cutting edge of the world around us in a relaxed atmosphere. Learn the captivating stories about how our world came to be and also learn what's happening in the cutting edge today.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] -3 points 3 years ago (2 children)

I mean good I guess? I haven't had battery issues for years, but my phone went through the washing machine at least once. I hope this isn't a mistake.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • hideshow 4 child comments
    •
  • [–] [S] 5 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    It is a net positive for the right to repair people.

    It is more on the general that people should have the option to fix our devices that we own, without having to pay the company that made it to fix it.

    Most companies engineer in failures as features so as to make more profit, while in the past many were able to fix simple things, without help, per the manuals.

    More hardware and software locks are being implemented.

    Edit: added more info on manuals and software locks

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •