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 dirkgentle   ( @dirkgentle@lemmy.ca )  to Technology · 3 years ago

EU: Smartphones Must Have User-Replaceable Batteries by 2027

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EU: Smartphones Must Have User-Replaceable Batteries by 2027

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The European Parliament just caused a major headache for smartphone and tablet manufacturers.
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    They’ll appeal this arguing that using their proprietary equipment that can be rented for €100/week, the battery is user replaceable

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      The text specifically disallows this, at least.

      Though some sort of ID-verification so you can only put in official Apple batteries for a stupid markup seems likely.

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