▲ 601 ▼ European Union votes to bring back replaceable phone batteries (www.techspot.com) submitted 3 years ago by withersailor@aussie.zone to c/technology@beehaw.org 234 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] npastaSyn@kbin.social 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) I agree. I've has to scrap and force upgrade multiple devices over the years, solely due to the battery dying quickly. Definitely a built in obsolescence built into the industry that needs to be fixed. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dan@upvote.au 1 point 3 years ago Definitely a built in obsolescence built into the industry that needs to be fixed. This is why I'm a fan of the right to repair and wish more jurisdictions would enact laws around it. If the EU ends up having stricter regulations than the rest of the world, it's possible manufacturers will just end up having totally different models in EU vs elsewhere. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dan@upvote.au 1 point 3 years ago Definitely a built in obsolescence built into the industry that needs to be fixed. This is why I'm a fan of the right to repair and wish more jurisdictions would enact laws around it. If the EU ends up having stricter regulations than the rest of the world, it's possible manufacturers will just end up having totally different models in EU vs elsewhere. permalink fedilink source parent