The mandate should be to have either a replaceable battery OR the company has to replace the battery at cost.
Then the company can choose whether they want it bulkier and cheap, or they can seal it in with layers of waterproof glue and each time customers replace a battery the company bears the cost of how difficult they made it.
The mandate should be to have either a replaceable battery OR the company has to replace the battery at cost.
Then the company can choose whether they want it bulkier and cheap, or they can seal it in with layers of waterproof glue and each time customers replace a battery the company bears the cost of how difficult they made it.