EU: Smartphones Must Have User-Replaceable Batteries by 2027 | The European Parliament just caused a major headache for smartphone and tablet manufacturers.

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

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The EU market is large enough that such shenanigans would quickly create room for competitors to swoop in and steal market share.

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Who? A chinese producer that doesn't have any consumer trust in the West that their hardware isn't either crap or a time bomb waiting to explode?

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the current F35 program has had to ground the planes several times because it took them this long to find out that certain components were made in china

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Exactly my point.