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Fairphone Fairbuds launch with replaceable batteries, titanium drivers and ANC (www.notebookcheck.net)

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[–] Blaubarschmann@feddit.de 129 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Replaceable batteries are coming to the EU in general, at least for portable devices, via the EU Batteries Regulation, which is in force already and requires all portable batteries to be easily removable and replaceable by the end user from 2027

[–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 87 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

EU has single handedly done more to improve ~~myself~~ my life than my own government with this one law.

[–] melpomenesclevage@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Damn, how much do you pay your government?

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Low income American here, upwards of 24% of everything I make.

[–] melpomenesclevage@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

And every penny of it used to fund fresh boots for your neck.

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Well I do like FDAs, and roads though. But I’d rather have healthcare as well, and I’d like way less of it to go toward it cops and wars. Mainly I want a lot more of the taxes coming from the billionaires.

[–] melpomenesclevage@lemm.ee 0 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

more taxes from billionaires

Okay so look up the name of the guy who was point man for the business plot.

Look up his son's and grandson's names.

And then, after doing that; explain how that's ever gonna happen.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 29 points 7 months ago (2 children)

i hope this eu law makes it happen elsewhere, if anything for them to take better advantage of the economy of scale.

and if they dont ill be coveting some eu devices.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 26 points 7 months ago

They probably calculate cost saved by economy of scale, vs profit generated from planned obsolescence in other markets.

Might be more profitable to run different SKUs.

[–] datendefekt@lemmy.ml 2 points 7 months ago

The EU is a relatively large market, and it wouldn't make economic sense to develop and produce EU-specific devices. I'm pretty sure you'll also be seeing replaceable batteries.

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 7 months ago

I don't believe the EU will make earbuds batteries serviceable. Phones and laptops, sure.