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Re:EU to make it mandatory to use customer-replaceable batte... by ben-schaaf on Sunday March 13, 2022 @12:30PM (#30662815)
> How would they maintain a water proof seal if they allowed for a user replaceable battery?

So many things are water proof and user serviceable: Piping, engines, transmissions, water cooling (for pc or car) and those electric toothbrushes that have replaceable batteries.

This isn't a technical problem. We figured out how to make things water tight a long time ago.

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Re:EU to make it mandatory to use customer-replaceable batte... by seanmcdirmid on Sunday March 13, 2022 @12:33PM (#30662858)
None of those things are consumer products the size of an electric toothbrush. The old electric toothbrushes simply couldn’t be submerged or used in the shower at all, they were just water resistant.
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Re:EU to make it mandatory to use customer-replaceable batte... by Too on Monday March 14, 2022 @02:42AM (#30669184)
GoPro has replaceable battery, sd-card, charge-port, hdmi-port, 3x microphones and a replaceable lens. It is smaller than a toothbrush and can be submerged.
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Re:EU to make it mandatory to use customer-replaceable batte... by Matthias247 on Sunday March 13, 2022 @08:09PM (#30667095)
If you want a simple example then take a watch. Waterproof for decades, and batteries are replaceable.
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