Maybe it's that we have more exacting (detailed) reporting standards and some nomenclature differences. Substitute spirit vinegar with distilled (same) Onion powder and Natural flavoring with Herb Extracts Of course the gratuitous high fructose products are omnipresent in American products.Products for the American markets are designed for a single purpose, CORPORATE PROFITS, and nothing else.
Our food is another example, lace it with high-fructose corn syrup, for profit, as it's cheap.
Which would you think is better for you, and likely taste better?
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When I was in wireless there was close to zero interest in replacement batteries. When I say zero my employees and I at most sold 10 batteries over 13 years.
People will say they want a changeable battery but they don’t. They want a hyper thin device that has a changeable battery that costs not a penny more than $20. This is not a reasonable expectation.
Admittedly the market has changed and people are willing to pay far more for devices, I just don’t think many people will buy batteries to keep an old device going.
However as stated above if the intent reduce unnecessary complexity to service the devices that’s a great thing.
When I was in wireless there was close to zero interest in replacement batteries. When I say zero my employees and I at most sold 10 batteries over 13 years.
People will say they want a changeable battery but they don’t. They want a hyper thin device that has a changeable battery that costs not a penny more than $20. This is not a reasonable expectation.
Admittedly the market has changed and people are willing to pay far more for devices, I just don’t think many people will buy batteries to keep an old device going.
However as stated above if the intent reduce unnecessary complexity to service the devices that’s a great thing.
You may be joking, but what's stopping them from doing that?New from Apple, $1000 batteries.
I don't know anyone who buys batteries from a wireless store. Don't they just order them online for way cheaper? I replaced my Pixel 3XL battery last year for $20 and it even includes a kit to help open up your phone.When I was in wireless there was close to zero interest in replacement batteries. When I say zero my employees and I at most sold 10 batteries over 13 years.
People will say they want a changeable battery but they don’t. They want a hyper thin device that has a changeable battery that costs not a penny more than $20. This is not a reasonable expectation.
Admittedly the market has changed and people are willing to pay far more for devices, I just don’t think many people will buy batteries to keep an old device going.
However as stated above if the intent reduce unnecessary complexity to service the devices that’s a great thing.
Exactly my pointI don't know anyone who buys batteries from a wireless store. Don't they just order them online for way cheaper? I replaced my Pixel 3XL battery last year for $20 and it even includes a kit to help open up your phone.
You may be joking, but what's stopping them from doing that?
See the bolded part for why. I've replaced the battery in every laptop I've ever owned and in all of the non-smart phones and some of the smart ones too. Although in 30 years with laptops and cell phones, I could easily count the number I've had and its less than "dozens."In all of my years in tech (nearly 40 years) and the dozens, if not hundreds, of laptops and cell phones from dumb one to feature ones to smart ones, I have replaced a battery like 5 times. One was a 2009 MBP battery that swelled up and one was a Note 4 battery, one was a battery for a Motorola razr and the rest were a couple of blackberries. And I didn't even use those devices after the battery replacements because they were all old/defunct when I swapped them. I just did it to sell off as "working". There really is no need for this. IMO.
What? As I type this on my 15 year old Vostro 1700. 3rd battery, 2nd keyboard, 2nd or 3rd hard drive/SSD.See the bolded part for why. I've replaced the battery in every laptop I've ever owned and in all of the non-smart phones and some of the smart ones too. Although in 30 years with laptops and cell phones, I could easily count the number I've had and its less than "dozens."
3rd partiesYou may be joking, but what's stopping them from doing that?
I’m sure there is a market for them, I just don’t think that market is particularly big in the scheme of the overall smartphone market.There are a lot of replacement batteries for sell on Amazon, even for uncommon phones, if there is no market for it.
I think something should be done to decrease the massive amount of waste caused by planned obsolescence.I’m sure there is a market for them, I just don’t think that market is particularly big in the scheme of the overall smartphone market.
Plenty of phones used to have user replaceable batteries and some used to explicitly market on that. I think they weren’t that popular with customers.
If they work for you that’s great! I don’t think they should be mandated though.
Products for the American markets are designed for a single purpose, CORPORATE PROFITS, and nothing else.
Our food is another example, lace it with high-fructose corn syrup, for profit, as it's cheap.
Which would you think is better for you, and likely taste better?
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You can buy the same damn thing in the US, it’s the natural version or something. I buy it all the time. Low class noobs buy the cheap version.This got me to look at our Heinz(Canada): Tomato paste(made from fresh ripe tomatoes), Liquid sugar, white vinegar, salt, onion powder, spices.