Comment on Logitech to ship mice with replaceable batteries in Europe only, following Nintendo

• uniquethrowagay@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  How about AAA batteries that are charged by the device with USB-C?

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  • eremophila@lemmy.zip ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I’m not sure of the advantage, docking the device instead of putting the batteries in a recharger? The batteries do not need to be charged that often anyway, and that would increase the cost of every device, as opposed to just buying one charger that should last for a very, very long time.

    Putting batteries in a charger isn’t difficult.

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    • uniquethrowagay@feddit.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Batteries of a mouse don’t need to be charged that often. But how about flashlights, headphones and the like? Internal batteries have their uses. Even with a mouse, you could still use it while it charged.

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      • eremophila@lemmy.zip ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        I guess that would depend on how often you used the torch, for me rechargeable batteries last for years in them.

        My headphones have a cord, because logic (for my use case anyway). I have no idea how long batteries tend to last in cordless ones.

        So with the mouse, what you are saying is that you could use it while it was plugged in with a cord?

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• Squizzy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Ah jesus as if its that simple, one size doesnt fit all.

  I am all for consumer regulations, I just have a preference for what I am currently looking for. A solar keyboard is niche and cool.

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  • Bakkoda@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Options. Your preference is fine honestly. Options simply don’t exist though. That’s the problem.

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    • eremophila@lemmy.zip ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Why do you believe good options don’t exist?

      Demand creates supply

      Apathetic consumers get trash

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    • Squizzy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Exactly, make then make two versions and add an ewaste charge to non replaceable. They are making two versions of everything anyway.

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  • eremophila@lemmy.zip ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    There are things much more important than your preferences

    If it was all just about my preferences, we would all be using corded… better, simpler, less waste.

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    • Squizzy@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      And consumer tech would never progress.

      Trying things is good R&D is good. Bringing things to market is good. If it is wasteful address it but outright banning is a bit heavyhanded. Stick an ewaste tax on it and mandate that no matter what the minimum price difference between the models has to be the value of that tax.

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      • eremophila@lemmy.zip ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Non-replaceable batteries are bad, but they are far form new, they have already been tried and are known to be deliberately anti-consumer, which is why the eu is doing something about it. Every single person does not need to buy ewaste for something to be known as ewaste.

        Consumer tech would have progressed a great deal more if consumers had standards. At the moment it has just gone from bigger number better, to put ai in the name. Tech is meant to be better than that, sustainability is a massive part of long term viability due to finite resources.

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