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EU law requiring easier iPhone battery replacement inches closer to enactment (appleinsider.com)

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The European Union is moving closer to enacting a law that will require smartphones like the iPhone to have easier battery repairs.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The question isn't "is it possible?". It's "what's the trade off?".

There isn't a trade off that I wouldn't consider a massive downgrade to my device.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The tradeoff is that Apple spends R&D resources on making it possible.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It's literally impossible for it to not take a chunk of the volume budget. There is nothing else that could take that space that could possibly have less value to me.

The EU is trying to fuck up my phone.