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.

  • Catch42@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Apple could do this but they’d be driving away their customer base, the hardware is fine but software is really the reason to get an iphone.