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 fennecfoxy on Monday March 14, 2022 @05:15AM (#30670115)

It's expensive because they have to manufacture that part specifically as a replacement and then store it for x years sitting in a box until someone needs it.

I can understand that some businesses overcharge for replacement parts, but otherwise it's also just as understandable that the price is a little bit higher for a part in a model they no longer actively manufacture for sale.

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Re:EU to make it mandatory to use customer-replaceable batte... by CRConrad on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @08:59AM (#30684675)

> It's expensive because they have to manufacture that part specifically as a replacement

Eh, what? No, they're manufacturing a lot of them to put in the machines already. They only have to manufacture a few more of them, not set up anything specifically at all.

> and then store it for x years sitting in a box until someone needs it.

That can't be all that expensive, considering the Ali Baba guys can sell a corresponding part for ten bucks.

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Re:EU to make it mandatory to use customer-replaceable batte... by fennecfoxy on Thursday March 24, 2022 @06:42AM (#30788127)

You forget that car models change over time. People don't buy new cars every year. My car is from 2009, I doubt that all the parts on it are the same in a brand new model today.

I wouldn't trust an Alibaba/Aliexpress part when it comes to the mechanical bits of the car, myself. Not sure if you're American and without WoF/MoT but I'd only go with that stuff for unimportant stuff like trim.

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