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Written by iFixit on 2025-01-10 at 17:23

"If you couldn’t replace the tires in your car, you wouldn’t buy a car.

But overwhelmingly, lithium batteries have become glued in, and that’s just not viable.

Right now, the lifespan of a thing is the life of the shortest-lived component: the battery."

@kwiens

Full article: https://www.theengineer.co.uk/content/in-depth/damage-control-how-repairability-could-help-address-the-e-waste-crisis

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Written by Jim Direct - cartoon on 2025-01-10 at 20:16

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But didn't Europe introduce a new law this year which exactly prohibits this?

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Written by Kyle Wiens on 2025-01-10 at 20:50

@Jimdirect @iFixit For phones, yes. Not for wireless earbuds AFAIK

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Written by Robbie 🇧🇪 :tux: on 2025-01-10 at 20:31

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I'd love it if the EU would focus on legislation to standardize battery sizes now that they've had success with standardizing charging ports on cell phones. I'd love it if I could just take a battery from a broken laptop from a random supplier and know it would fit in my laptop.

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