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The pipe dream of non-replaceable batteries becoming illegal may be slowly approaching.

The pipe dream of non-replaceable batteries becoming illegal may be slowly approaching.

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Fantastic idea!

Maybe the companies will start using standard parts.

Sony (scum of the Earth) will probably list every part as costing more than the retail price of the device. A friend of mine had an awseome Sony Vaio laptop in the Windows XP days. The connector on the power adapter broke. Sony wanted over $200 for the connector, which was patented. The power adapter cost $170 from Sony.

Like I said, scum of the Earth.

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If true, this is Apple-tier abuse.

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That was probably fixable, either by sourcing a dead laptop or just replacing the connector with a different one. Asus are cunts for this too, they use a non standard 4.0 x 1.35mm power connector, which while it is easy to get, is still a dick move

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Laptops under 100W should have USB-C as the only power connector, there is no excuse for barrel connectors anymore.

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it predates USB-C, which is relevant if the law goes back 10 years

and USB was a fucked up standard too, nobody asked for twenty different physical connector formats. Especially when ethernet has gone from 10Mbs to 10Gbs including adding POE over much the same connector

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Washing machines would be easy to repair if you could get the parts, it's just a motor/pump/seals

but the cunts insist on releasing 20 new models every year that are all built slightly differently, and then drop the parts after 3 years. Everything should be made to last, because it's the poor people who end up buying cheap tat and then having to replace it instead of buying something second hand that still works

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They also add fancy features such as AddWash by Samsung. But I would rather have a machine I can trust, even in long-term.

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Miele were built pretty solidly, now it's probably LG.

getting the machine stable and level from the start helps stop bearings wearing out prematurely

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How about they make laws against chinese garbage that is artificially subsidized by the chinese government instead.

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Well, people can chose not to buy those (except for experiments such as on the DiodeGoneWild channel).

But we have no good options for user-replaceable battety devices anymore.

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If the (((EU))) is making this law, ultimately it is not for our total long term benefit.

Just like regulations, it's probably a ploy to kill small/medium sized businesses or some other kikery.