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by krolden 1271 days ago
Most issues with batreires in laptops and stuff come from vendor firmware that checks if its a genuine OEM part or not. Same with printer cartridges.
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Yep, call pros to replace them every 3 years? Probably okay. Device becomes trash after 3 years because battery is DRM-protected and no longer produced?

EU should really f**k them hard about this behavior. It's 100% planned obsolescence.

Log the producer of parts is okay but intentionally make them non functional is not.

Oh I agree with that one entirely. One reason I buy apple shit is last year I got them to stuff a new battery in my old 6s which I bought in 2015 and they did it there and then in store. Second swap it has had.
No thats not the main issue. Most of the issues come from crap batteries not being anywhere near fit for purpose. I’ve swapped out enough (tens of the things) to see that as the average case.

Most laptops just whine about third party batteries and you can just nuke the vendor battery junk to get rid of it.