> Lots and lots of gadgets with removable batteries and waterproof design as evidence.

And this is a BS rebuttal. None of them achieve the same miniaturization and water tightness as iPhone.

This law is basically government being co-opted by a tiny vocal minority to force their unpopular opinions onto the rest of the public.

If any modest percentage of the market cared about replaceable batteries above all else in their phones, the market would already be packed with removable battery phone options.