Say goodbye to expensive battery replacement?

  • Blackmist@feddit.uk
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    4 days ago

    New batteries available at just 90% of the price of a new console. Oh, sorry. You have the version 1.3 console, we only still make batteries for the 1.4 console and above.

    • SirHery@lemmy.world
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      4 days ago

      Well that’s a bit pessimistic. The optimistic take is that third party companies produce cheaper batteries.

      • Blackmist@feddit.uk
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        3 days ago

        That is optimistic.

        There doesn’t seem to be anything in the EU regulations about DRM on batteries, so there’s almost certainly going to be a chip on there with a code embedded in it.