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Re:Nintendo announces new product revisions in Europe with r... by drstewart on Monday July 06, 2026 @11:08AM (#48805728)
This. The top problems facing the world are gaming consoles' charging sources. Everything else is thankfully solved.
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Re:Nintendo announces new product revisions in Europe with r... by patrickmcnamara on Monday July 06, 2026 @12:27PM (#48806902)
Nothing should be improved unless it solves world hunger.
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Re:Nintendo announces new product revisions in Europe with r... by bluescrn on Monday July 06, 2026 @12:38PM (#48807063)
It's not about games consoles. It's about reducing the mountains of e-waste.

We shouldn't be throwing away laptops, smartphones, or consoles - or soon, entire EVs, just because the battery has degraded.

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Re:Nintendo announces new product revisions in Europe with r... by wilg on Monday July 06, 2026 @12:41PM (#48807106)
All of those things can be recycled and almost all of them can be replaced whether or not its end-user-servicable.
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Re:Nintendo announces new product revisions in Europe with r... by stemlord on Monday July 06, 2026 @01:31PM (#48807857)
"Can" is doing a lot of heavy lifting there
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