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

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 ⁨17⁩ ⁨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 ⁨17⁩ ⁨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 ⁨9⁩ ⁨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 ⁨6⁩ ⁨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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