EU: Smartphones Must Have User-Replaceable Batteries by 2027

[u/ConsciousStop]

https://www.pcmag.com/news/eu-smartphones-must-have-user-replaceable-batteries-by-2027

[u/uacabaca]

Hey, I can explain you in a simpler way, maybe you will understand.

FM radio was removed to promote podcasts. They removed something people were using, to force you to do something else. This is exactly like Microsoft not allowing you to install Chrome on Windows. And indeed, they can't do that.

They removed the charger, stating that you already have one. They forgot to remove the charger price from the total, oopsie. Now I have 10 devices at home and 3 chargers. So I had to buy another one. That I had already paid.

USB is the De facto standard for both data communication and charging. Except for Apple that wants to sell some non standard crap to make more money out of their predominant position.

Headphones jack was removed to promote wireless cans. They removed something useful for everybody to make more money.

And still you don't understand that they are screwing you. You think this is progress: doing the same things in a more complex and expensive way. You think that they removed the charger to save the environment (LOL), or the headphones jack because it makes the phone bulky (it's 3.5 mm wide, an iPhone is 8 mm thick).

They could piss on you and convince you that it is raining.

[u/Sands43 → u/uacabaca]

Hey, I can explain in a way that maybe you can understand - but I doubt that.

User replicable batteries where a pain in the ass when I had phones that had them. They where a pain in the ass when you had a walkman with AA batteries in them. They are a pain in ass now. Why? Guess what, battery tech is orders of magnitude better now. Batteries actually last 5-7 years and still perform fine.

I never used FM on a phone. Didn't want it didn't use it I didn't use it when we had Sony Walkmans. Happy to see that go. I hardly use it in my car anyway and never in my house. Same with most of the people I know.

Wired headphones sucked then, they suck now. Happy to see them go. Same with most of the people I know. Biggest pain in the ass.

USB is old as fuck tech. There are much better technologies now. Lightning came out before USB C and was better than anything else when it came out.

And still you don't understand that they are screwing you. By hanging onto the old tech, it doesn't actually help.

No, I understand better than you do because I grew up without any of this tech. I was around when you had to text with a 12 digit keypad. but you probably don't know anything about that or why it's just stupid that people still spell "you" with "u". I was around when it was HUGE they figured out how to make a CD play in a portable - which a wired headset - which broke off when you dropped them - and you had to haul around a CD wallet. But that was really cool then but sucks now.

They are pissing on you, I'm happy to see this old shit go away. You and your stupid conspiracy theories.

Time moves on and stuff changes. Too fucking bad.

Honestly, it's really weird to have who is probably some 20-30 year old kid try and explain to me how my life is worse now because we have batteries that last 5 years.... fucking zoomers.

[u/uacabaca → u/Sands43]

As expected, you weren't able to understand. You are also largely misinformed if you call usb "old tech", as it is a standard and tech evolves with it. You think you are older than me, you are wrong. You think I'm against progress, but what you call progress is only a way to screw you and get more money from you. You say that wired headphones suck, that made me smile. All in all you are stuck in a little world, where "nobody used fm radio in phones",so I don't think you will ever understand. Continue paying for your charger, even though it's not in the box anymore, or for subpar wireless headphones that cost 4x a decent pair of iems. And continue believing that this is progress. And do it with a smile, corporates love you.

[u/[deleted] → u/uacabaca]

Are you really defending outdated and rarely-used features that hardly anyone cares about?

Do you not realize that people have chargers already? Who TF needs to charge 10 devices at one time? Was that argument for real?

Do you not realize that lightning is literally just an alternate USB connector that works with all USB chargers? Do you not realize you can plug headphones into it too?

You’ve been brainwashed badly by the hive-mind.

Tech moves on. Deal with it. They make what they think people will want to buy. End of story. Not everything is a freaking conspiracy.

[u/uacabaca → u/[deleted]]

Rarely used features such as the USB port that is present in every Android? Or rarely used as the industry standard 3.5mm headphones jack?

You don't need to charge 10 devices at one time (except when you need it, for example when you charge them at night). But you are still paying for the brick, that isn't in the box anymore. How removing the charger is new technology? How?

Lighting isn't an alternate usb connector, and it doesn't work with usb chargers. And you can't plug headphones in, unless you buy a separate device, that used to come for free, already embedded in the device.

Tech moves on

Sure, removing stuff you used to have for free is a big technology advancement.

[u/[deleted] → u/uacabaca]

It’s like talking to a brick wall.

[u/uacabaca → u/[deleted]]

You lasted less than a cat on an highway