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.
Why isnt this common sense? Why is modifing the things i own illegal now?
It’s not illegal, but you better not fuck up, because we ain’t covering that
- The manufacturers
Behold the Holy Sticker. Thou shall not remove It for thou art a mere mortal. It keeps secrets way above thy primitive perception, for it’s a domain of certified wizards, proprietary witchcraft and manuals on applied necromancy.
Because you don’t really own the product. You get a license to use it with some major caveats - Including no modification/reverse engineering etc.