It had been in the works for a while, but now it has formally been adopted. From the article:

The regulation provides that by 2027 portable batteries incorporated into appliances should be removable and replaceable by the end-user, leaving sufficient time for operators to adapt the design of their products to this requirement.

  • Jon Von Basslake@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Because back in the olden days you could just hold down the physical power button to force a phone to shut down, same as you can do on computers still. This bypasses the frozen software and forces the phone to shut down so you can reboot it.

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        1 year ago

        If my phone is frozen it doesn’t respond to the power button because it’s software shutdown

    • peepthatsnotcool@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      You can still absolutely do it

      iPhone X and later: Click Volume Up, then Down, then hold the Power Button for 10-15 seconds

      Android Devices: Hold Volume Down + Power for around 7-15 seconds