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 seanmcdirmid on Sunday March 13, 2022 @06:35PM (#30666412)

> Further up in the thread here, there's a comment that people will rabidly defend manufacturer's horrible decisions with false arguments.

That in itself is an incredibly ideological remark. "These arguments are false/invalid/insincere! There is no cost/manufacturing/reliability/usage benefit to completely sealing a toothrush, gaskets/o-rings/re-welding are just as good!"

Ya, I get it: you'll make us buy the toothbrushes that became outdated 10 years ago through some sort of top-down government regulation, and we will grudgingly like it because all of our arguments otherwise for preferring the newer things are invalid.

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Re:EU to make it mandatory to use customer-replaceable batte... by CRConrad on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @09:46PM (#30694297)

You seem to be totally stuck on insisting, against incontrovertible evidence to the contrary, that waterproofing small electric gadgets while still retaining repairability and user-maintainability is some huge insurmountable problem. Even in the face of myriad examples of cheap, reliable, long-existing solutions.

Why is that; where does it come from? Is it some weird fetish you have, or what?

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