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Thanks to EU consumer law, Nintendo is updating the Switch 2 design to enable European players to replace the battery (www.eurogamer.net)

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[-] irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The first laptop I had had a battery you could easily detach and swap. If it was close to dying it told you to charge the computer or swap the battery

[-] ripcord@lemmy.world 35 points 1 week ago

That was standard for decades.

Most phones, too.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

I had an Apple laptop with a removable battery (an iBook G4). It even had a button and LEDs on the battery to show the level of charge, like tool batteries have nowadays. And not only was the RAM upgradable, it could be done toollessly because the keyboard could be popped off just by undoing a couple of latches.

[-] irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 week ago

I remember if you dropped a phone the battery would sometimes go flying out of it.

[-] lyralycan@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Ah the good old days, before the majority of America bought Apple tech and incentivised other manufacturers to follow the practice of walled gardens, intentional malware and monetised tech lifespans. Thanks to the EU regulators' constant defense against corporations, it's possible that charging for repairs within the first 10 years, either at a specialist centre or via manufacturer-specific tools, might just be put under 'hidden fees' or 'false advertisement'. With the help of the EU we retain some semblance of owning the product we purchased

[-] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

There was a time when Apple hardware was extremely repairable and upgradeable. Then Jonny Ives ruined everything. His legacy is one of terrible pollution that will cause problems for generations to come.

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