| ▲ | smashini 5 hours ago |
| Honestly, amazing stuff. For all the flak that the EU gets this is absolutely an essential regulation |
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| ▲ | patall 5 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| One might argue that this is one of the reason why the EU is getting flak: because it sets up regulations that lower some companies profit. |
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| ▲ | Y-bar 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | It’s equal parts funny and frustrating to see how deep into the ”a few hypothetical percent of profits for corporations matters more than customer rights and less e-waste” some are. |
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| ▲ | xandrius 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| They will still get all the flak, facts never mattered. |
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| ▲ | bryanlarsen 5 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | And just like everything moving to USB-C, they won't get credit for the Switch 3 et al having replaceable batteries world-wide. | | |
| ▲ | bigfishrunning 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | I don't know about that, i think it's pretty common knowledge that the EU caused the iPhone port change, and it's generally regarded as a good thing |
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| ▲ | hbn 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | I'm preparing to release my first app to the App Store and they're currently requiring me to dox myself if I want to sell in the EU. Which facts am I missing that makes this not very inconvenient for me? |
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| ▲ | wilg 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| It might be a good regulation but it is definitely not essential! |
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| ▲ | drstewart 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| This. The top problems facing the world are gaming consoles' charging sources. Everything else is thankfully solved. |
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| ▲ | patrickmcnamara 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Nothing should be improved unless it solves world hunger. | |
| ▲ | bluescrn 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | It's not about games consoles. It's about reducing the mountains of e-waste. We shouldn't be throwing away laptops, smartphones, or consoles - or soon, entire EVs, just because the battery has degraded. | | |
| ▲ | wilg 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | All of those things can be recycled and almost all of them can be replaced whether or not its end-user-servicable. | | |
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