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 Bud on Sunday March 13, 2022 @11:37AM (#30662167)

You don't have to throw those phones away right now. Apple can easily replace batteries for you. The consumer doesn't need to be able to do this with a bigass Philips-head screwdriver in order to accomplish this goal.

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Re:EU to make it mandatory to use customer-replaceable batte... by frenchman99 on Sunday March 13, 2022 @11:46AM (#30662288)

If any third party repair shop can replace it, that'd already quite good. But manufacturers have been known to make it impossible even for 3rd party repair shops to do anything, or at least to make their lifes as hard as possible. That's a no-no.

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Re:EU to make it mandatory to use customer-replaceable batte... by doctorwho42 on Sunday March 13, 2022 @12:53PM (#30663113)

Define "but ass Philips head screwdriver".

You could do this #2 screws which are tiny, use 3-6 of them around the edge. Add a rubber gasket. And you have a water proof battery that is replaceable in under 5 minutes with a precision Philips head (aka those little screwdriver heads you get with the multi-head screwdriver kits)

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