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Significant win for consumers?  Are you that ignorant?  First off, Apple will never design their products with a user replaceable battery (not counting small market products like Air Tag).  Secondly, how is this even an issue with Apple products?  I still use a MacBook Air from 2011 and 2014 iPad Air 2, both with their original battery.  I’ve had the battery replaced in two iPhones (3GS, original SE), and this wasn’t a hassle.  And lastly, are you willing to give up a thinner, lighter, and water resistant/proof design just so you can open a plastic compartment to replace a battery yourself (which would be more often if user replaceable, meaning more battery waste in the end).

Don’t you think this is regressive?  It’s as if the lunatics in the EU pine for the days of crappy electronics of the 90s.

Think of all of the technological innovation that could be worked on by engineers instead of having to deal with this crap that in the end does not benefit the user.  Anyone who thinks the EU is out to help the consumer is delusional — this is all about power — look at us, we can demand that trillion $ companies do something and they will do it!  They don’t believe in letting the market decide, because this would not require their oversight.  No oversight = no status = no power.

No way a “lower cost” version is released in 2025.  $3500 is the baseline — get used to it.

An EV seems like the next logical consumer product category for them, but there are already many players in the EV space that make good products.  If they do happen to find an opening, I don’t see a product ready until the 2030s.

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