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The law allows companies to certify their batteries will last a certain amount of years, then they don’t have to be swappable. All phone makers will use that.
The tech community quickly jumps to conclusions without actually reading anything. The last I check it, the law only allowed for certified repair shops to disassemble and repair phones with their tools, without needing something specialized from the OEM or any extra activation steps, but people jumped to the conclusion that the average Joe could entirely dismantle their phone with a screwdriver from the comfort of their home.
Maybe a week ago I read that they will need to be "swappable by user", paraphrasing roughly. Let me see if I find it
pcmag article
gizmochina article
With a quick search on lemmy or Google you can find more
The European definition of rule of law requires that the law is predictable; something it wouldn't be if you can't find it or can't read it.
Which means you can just look for the European announcement of such things and read that.
Now, I'm not complaining about you, but fuck those two rags, that didn't see the need to link to their sources!