EU to make it mandatory to use customer-replaceable batteries in household items

Re:EU to make it mandatory to use customer-replaceable batte... by tgv on Sunday March 13, 2022 @11:07AM (#30661859)

1. Why do you think they are EU bureaucrats who don't understand technical details?

2. Are you sure the others aren't focussing too much on a few technical details, losing the global perspective?

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Re:EU to make it mandatory to use customer-replaceable batte... by SpicyLemonZest on Sunday March 13, 2022 @12:04PM (#30662503)

I’m not sure about anything around this story, because in good HN tradition, the original link is to some guy’s 5 second summary of an article in a language I can’t read. But it doesn’t seem implausible to me that government regulators could have overlooked important technical factors while pursuing a politically advantageous agenda.

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Re:EU to make it mandatory to use customer-replaceable batte... by CRConrad on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @10:00PM (#30694400)

> I’m not sure about anything around this story, because in good HN tradition, the original link is to some guy’s 5 second summary of an article in a language I can’t read.

So widen your fucking horizons and learn a few languages. Being uneducated to start with is one thing, but staying uneducated is a choice. (At least in most places; it's mandatory only in very few jurisdictions.)

> But it doesn’t seem implausible to me that government regulators could have overlooked important technical factors while pursuing a politically advantageous agenda.

Oh, yadda yadda. You had proven your parochialism already.

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