• saucyloggins@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The battery life on a Switch/Steam Deck would be horrific with AA/AAA batteries. Plus the reasoning for this legislation is to reduce e-waste, using AA/AAA batteries just creates more.

    • SCB@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Reduce r-waste by… Producing millions of unused batteries.

    • Revan343@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

      Fuck it, rechargable lithium-ion AAs. Yes I know the chemistry doesn’t let your voltage go that low, didn’t stop the few Chinese companies that successfully made them anyways.

      …the integrated buck converter does waste a lot of space though

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      1 year ago

      What part of the legislation requires small batteries like AAs?

      If the unit has a LIon battery, make it slide out like UPS batteries do. Make it a custom shape if you hate people, or make it a common hi-density cell if you aren’t apple.

      • Quokka@quokk.au
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        1 year ago

        Dear manufacturers, do not fucking make anything a custom shape.

        Fuck you and your proprietary shaped bullshit that only works on one device and nothing else.

        Sincerely, Everybody.