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It had been in the works for a while, but now it has formally been adopted. From the article:

The regulation provides that by 2027 portable batteries incorporated into appliances should be removable and replaceable by the end-user, leaving sufficient time for operators to adapt the design of their products to this requirement.

  • @[email protected]English
    5•1 year ago

    Yea, now you can do it because there’s no OS updates for security vulnerabilities. Maybe they should mandate updates or unlocked bootloaders so we can use OSs that update like on PCs…

    • u/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org)English
      3•1 year ago

      Rather the latter. Forced updates would potentially be low quality while increasing the price of devices. There are many devices from small brands which are very cheap and get no updates. For example, I think it was in 2016 when I got Lark Cumulus 5HD for €50. The specs were fairly good, and while it never got any updates, the OS wasn’t laggy at all. I don’t think I’ve ever seen it lag or freeze. So far the best phone smartphone I had, ironically also the cheapest.

    • @[email protected]English
      2•1 year ago

      Then they release updates that slows down your device… Unlocked bootloaders with standard architecture so that one can intall many OS is what we needed. Currently for android devices, custom ROM makers have to develop OS for EACH FUCKIN PHONE, seperately