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by Trannosaur 112 days ago
A random arse thought, but I have never seen the phrase batteries-included a week ago, and now I've seen it like half a dozen times. Am I seriously out of date with the lingo of web dev, or did this word suddenly explode in popularity?
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It's been popular for at least 20 years, as far as I know.
I think this is the intended reference, since Python made that common phrase popular in programming.

TBH, I haven't seen "batteries included" referencing actual batteries in the package for many years, I suspect because rechargeable batteries are usually expected these days. I've seen remotes with batteries included, but the packages don't botheer to mention that fact.