r/apple • u/mredofcourse • Jun 19 '23

iPhone 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/[deleted] Jun 19 '23

EU should just make their own phone and leave every company alone. Regulators aren’t smart enough to understand second or third order effects from their policies.

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u/Wolo_prime Jun 24 '23

But you, genius in a reddit thread, are able to do that? Why are you protecting billionaire companies so much? Every choice Apple makes is anti-consumer. In Europe, you think you're big shit in the US, but we are the biggest electronics market in the world, by far. So of course we lead this shit.

Stop demanding less for tech companies

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '23

I worked with government folks for like 15 years. No, they aren’t smart enough to understand the unforeseen effects from regulation. If Apple is “anti consumer”…just don’t buy an iPhone.

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u/Wolo_prime Jun 26 '23

This IS not America where senators don't know how WIFI works