dirkgentle ( dirkgentle@lemmy.ca ) to Technology · 3 years agoEU: Smartphones Must Have User-Replaceable Batteries by 2027www.pcmag.comexternal-linkmessage-square90linkfedilinkarrow-up1425cross-posted to: tech@lemmy.pineapplemachine.comsuomi@sopuli.xyznews@geddit.socialtechnology
arrow-up1425external-linkEU: Smartphones Must Have User-Replaceable Batteries by 2027www.pcmag.comdirkgentle ( dirkgentle@lemmy.ca ) to Technology · 3 years agomessage-square90linkfedilinkcross-posted to: tech@lemmy.pineapplemachine.comsuomi@sopuli.xyznews@geddit.socialtechnology
minus-squareDa_Boom ( Da_Boom@iusearchlinux.fyi ) linkfedilinkarrow-up33·3 years agoI don’t think it would really benefit or harm the lithium miners and battery manufacturers - in fact it might benefit them more if they could sell their batteries directly to consumers and skip the middleman, keeping those profits for themselves.
minus-squareRaoulDuke ( RaoulDuke@lemmy.nz ) linkfedilinkarrow-up11·3 years agoYeah, you’re right. I didn’t think that through properly.
minus-square 🇺🇦 seirim ( administrator@lemmy.pro ) linkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 years agoHa yeah, I’ll just buy more batteries so I can always be able to pop in a spare, sigh.
I don’t think it would really benefit or harm the lithium miners and battery manufacturers - in fact it might benefit them more if they could sell their batteries directly to consumers and skip the middleman, keeping those profits for themselves.
Yeah, you’re right. I didn’t think that through properly.
Ha yeah, I’ll just buy more batteries so I can always be able to pop in a spare, sigh.