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Re:Everything with a battery should have an off switch by caf on Monday May 09, 2022 @06:36PM (#31320766)
No doubt it was some combination of lower power, physically larger or simply more prone to failure. Do you suppose the designers go to the trouble of a cool-down timer just for the hell of it?
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Re:Everything with a battery should have an off switch by folmar on Thursday May 12, 2022 @07:00PM (#31361117)
I always use Reverse Hanlon's Razor, so I suppose they do it in bad faith. /s

Actually I guess they both shave off weight/cost and design for built-in model first (that are naturally more heat-constrained) and make standalone variant as an afterthought.

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