EU: Smartphones Must Have User-Replaceable Batteries by 2027

dirkgentle@lemmy.ca to Technology@beehaw.org – 302 points –
EU: Smartphones Must Have User-Replaceable Batteries by 2027
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Good. Non-replaceable batteries benefit no one but device manufacturers and miners of lithium, cobalt, etc.

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.