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Re:Making sense of the EU’s fight for user-replaceable smart... by f6v on Sunday June 25, 2023 @11:18AM (#36469123)
> Because most people won't:

> - it's expensive

> - it takes their phone away

Ok, people don’t go to shops to replace battery now? “oh, it’s 99$ to replace the battery? I’d rather pay 1000$ for a new iPhone!” That’s a bit silly.

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Re:Making sense of the EU’s fight for user-replaceable smart... by cbg0 on Sunday June 25, 2023 @11:41AM (#36469378)
Most people don't have a $1000 iphone, which is even more problematic, because if you have a cheaper $3-400 phone, that $99 replacement would be very expensive.
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Re:Making sense of the EU’s fight for user-replaceable smart... by arepublicadoceu on Sunday June 25, 2023 @06:51PM (#36473478)
Exactly this! I keep seeing this nonsense that a $70/99 store replacement battery is a great cheap deal.

Yeap, only compared to a brand new phone. When you have a cheap iPhone from 5 years ago and you compare the price of a battery replacement to the actual price of your phone it quickly become obnoxiously expensive.

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