dirkgentle@lemmy.ca to Technology@beehaw.org · 2 years agoEU: Smartphones Must Have User-Replaceable Batteries by 2027www.pcmag.comexternal-linkmessage-square83fedilinkarrow-up1320arrow-down10cross-posted to: suomiworldnews@lemmy.mlnews@geddit.socialworldnews@lemmy.mlworld@lemmy.worldtechnology@beehaw.orghardware@lemmy.ml
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minus-squareDa_Boom@iusearchlinux.fyilinkfedilinkarrow-up18·2 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@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 years agoYeah, you’re right. I didn’t think that through properly.
minus-square 🇺🇦 seirim @lemmy.prolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 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.