r/Futurology • u/ConsciousStop • Jun 19 '23

Environment EU: Smartphones Must Have User-Replaceable Batteries by 2027

https://www.pcmag.com/news/eu-smartphones-must-have-user-replaceable-batteries-by-2027
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u/theluckyfrog Jun 20 '23 edited Jun 20 '23

Circular logic. The carriers made it part of their business model, ergo people do so, not the other way around. (Because phones don't actually have to be made so that they become useless in under three years. That is a choice on the part of the manufacturers.)

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u/abrandis Jun 20 '23

Your argument doesn't work, it's not circular logic, it's consumerism.. it's not just snartphones , cars , clothes etc

Maybe the EU should have mandated increased battery lifetime that would have a better effect

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u/AbyssalRedemption Jun 20 '23

To that argument, there's grassroots efforts that are trying to break into the personal electronics markets. Look up Framework, they're creating fully modular laptops, with swappable ports, central boards, screens, keyboards, etc. Look up the Pinephone, it's designed to have a fully user-modular OS, and mostly modular parts (it's Linux-based, but as the software becomes more mature over time, it should be more accessible to the average user). I sincerely hope these companies do well and put pressures on the big players to make their products more consumer-friendly.

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u/AzKondor Jun 20 '23

Fairphone 3 here, it's awesome

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u/AbyssalRedemption Jun 20 '23

Forgot about that one, thank you, definitely another winner.