▲ 1375 ▼ It's official: Smartphones will need to have replaceable batteries by 2027 (www.androidauthority.com) submitted 3 years ago by reclipse@lemdro.id to c/android@lemdro.id 239 comments fedilink hide all child comments TL;DR The European Council has ended its adoption procedure for rules related to phones with replaceable batteries. By 2027, all phones released in the EU must have a battery the user can easily replace with no tools or expertise. The regulation intends to introduce a circular economy for batteries.
[–] EuroNutellaMan@lemmy.world 47 points 3 years ago* (3 children) God bless the EU. Remember to vote to keep this up next June, my fellow Europeans permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Xylight@lemmy.xylight.dev 29 points 3 years ago as an American, bless the EU, they're carrying America with stuff like GDPR permalink fedilink source parent [–] b3nsn0w@pricefield.org 14 points 3 years ago (1 child) hungarian here, i'll try my best but please keep on overpowering us when we inevitably fail permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] joshuaacasey@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] b3nsn0w@pricefield.org 4 points 3 years ago oh yeah, we know. the problem is, 80% of the country is a rural population and a lot of them just want to "own those libs in budapest" even if they fuck their own life up. that's why the same right-wing party has stayed in government for 13 years now with no change on the horizon. we tried last year. like really tried, even the left and the far right have made an alliance with one goal: topple this shitty party, everything else is secondary. it didn't even make a dent. at this point, i see no chance that our eu parliament reps won't be from the same party either. i'll vote against them for sure, but it's just inevitable at this point. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ImTiagoSousa@lemmy.world 7 points 3 years ago (1 child) Vote in what exactly? I’m lost. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] EuroNutellaMan@lemmy.world 6 points 3 years ago (1 child) European Elections are on June 2024. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ImTiagoSousa@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago Thanks, it’ll actually be my first time voting on these elections. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Xylight@lemmy.xylight.dev 29 points 3 years ago as an American, bless the EU, they're carrying America with stuff like GDPR permalink fedilink source parent
[–] b3nsn0w@pricefield.org 14 points 3 years ago (1 child) hungarian here, i'll try my best but please keep on overpowering us when we inevitably fail permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] joshuaacasey@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] b3nsn0w@pricefield.org 4 points 3 years ago oh yeah, we know. the problem is, 80% of the country is a rural population and a lot of them just want to "own those libs in budapest" even if they fuck their own life up. that's why the same right-wing party has stayed in government for 13 years now with no change on the horizon. we tried last year. like really tried, even the left and the far right have made an alliance with one goal: topple this shitty party, everything else is secondary. it didn't even make a dent. at this point, i see no chance that our eu parliament reps won't be from the same party either. i'll vote against them for sure, but it's just inevitable at this point. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] joshuaacasey@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] b3nsn0w@pricefield.org 4 points 3 years ago oh yeah, we know. the problem is, 80% of the country is a rural population and a lot of them just want to "own those libs in budapest" even if they fuck their own life up. that's why the same right-wing party has stayed in government for 13 years now with no change on the horizon. we tried last year. like really tried, even the left and the far right have made an alliance with one goal: topple this shitty party, everything else is secondary. it didn't even make a dent. at this point, i see no chance that our eu parliament reps won't be from the same party either. i'll vote against them for sure, but it's just inevitable at this point. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] b3nsn0w@pricefield.org 4 points 3 years ago oh yeah, we know. the problem is, 80% of the country is a rural population and a lot of them just want to "own those libs in budapest" even if they fuck their own life up. that's why the same right-wing party has stayed in government for 13 years now with no change on the horizon. we tried last year. like really tried, even the left and the far right have made an alliance with one goal: topple this shitty party, everything else is secondary. it didn't even make a dent. at this point, i see no chance that our eu parliament reps won't be from the same party either. i'll vote against them for sure, but it's just inevitable at this point. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ImTiagoSousa@lemmy.world 7 points 3 years ago (1 child) Vote in what exactly? I’m lost. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] EuroNutellaMan@lemmy.world 6 points 3 years ago (1 child) European Elections are on June 2024. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ImTiagoSousa@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago Thanks, it’ll actually be my first time voting on these elections. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] EuroNutellaMan@lemmy.world 6 points 3 years ago (1 child) European Elections are on June 2024. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ImTiagoSousa@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago Thanks, it’ll actually be my first time voting on these elections. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ImTiagoSousa@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago Thanks, it’ll actually be my first time voting on these elections. permalink fedilink source parent