You sure did and you did good.
I’m also glad people are letting us know which law this comic is really illustrating.

I block ads everywhere I can because I’m sick of the low effort, blatant manipulation campaigns.

An artist trying to get the word out that their work is for sale is completely fine with me.

I guess I’m lucky enough to have well stocked physical stores and smaller online retailers I can rely on :)

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Makes sense thanks.
What a fucked up situation, having to feed the monster that first got you into that situation.

Some people get mad when u tell them not to shop on amazon, they talk about it being the only viable option for them since they live so far from actual stores and whatnot.

This got me wondering how were these people feeding and clothing themselves 10 years ago? (Or before the advent of amazon grocery shopping, idk how long it’s been and I’m very bad at keeping track of time).

I’m genuinely curious about this, if someone has an answer please tell me.

Guess I am ^^ thank you! And no worries, thanks for being cool.

Sorry but I’m about to give you nightmares… I didn’t know about this.

Just because you know something, doesn’t mean everyone does.

I was 28 years old when I learned ponies are not just young horses.
Ridiculous I know, but sometimes people just assume wrong things until they learn more about them.

Reporting on that stuff is important and I feel like comments like yours may discourage some from posting news in fear of being called out.

Right I forgot he was going to perform! Shame it had to be this year

Saw it two days ago for the first time.
I thought that line about not needing eyes was familiar!

I know it’s not that crazy but these moments always amaze me:

Never in my life had I heard BMW’s being called bimmers/beemers,
And this is the second time I see it today.

“The only way to overcome it is with immigrants”
How about paying people fairly in regards to how hard, important and unattractive the job is?

Sure man, insult them that’ll get me on your side, you dick

Yup, these two illustrate pretty well why those laws are important

Oh yeah that’d be the dream.

I didn’t mean moving battery cells from one pack to another though, I meant being able to get new 18650 cells and pop them In your battery pack like it’s a remote controller.

I think both of these ideas would be great changes.

Yeah maybe we’ll see more and more articles about it until 2027 comes, then some more ^^

I managed to not hear about this before now though so I won’t complain about this :)

The first article you posted is from a week ago.

Thanks for posting the law though, for anyone else curious about it here is the article that talks about replaceability :

(LMT = Light Means of Transport)

Article 11

Removability and replaceability of portable batteries and LMT batteries

1.

Any natural or legal person that places on the market products incorporating portable batteries shall ensure that those batteries are readily removable and replaceable by the end-user at any time during the lifetime of the product. That obligation shall only apply to entire batteries and not to individual cells or other parts included in such batteries.

A portable battery shall be considered readily removable by the end-user where it can be removed from a product with the use of commercially available tools, without requiring the use of specialised tools, unless provided free of charge with the product, proprietary tools, thermal energy, or solvents to disassemble the product.

Any natural or legal person that places on the market products incorporating portable batteries shall ensure that those products are accompanied with instructions and safety information on the use, removal and replacement of the batteries. Those instructions and that safety information shall be made available permanently online, on a publicly available website, in an easily understandable way for end-users.

This paragraph shall be without prejudice to any specific provisions ensuring a higher level of protection of the environment and human health relating to the removability and replaceability of portable batteries by end-users laid down in any Union law on electrical and electronic equipment as defined in Article 3(1), point (a), of Directive 2012/19/EU.

2.

By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the following products incorporating portable batteries may be designed in such a way as to make the battery removable and replaceable only by independent professionals:

(a)

appliances specifically designed to operate primarily in an environment that is regularly subject to splashing water, water streams or water immersion, and that are intended to be washable or rinseable;

(b)

professional medical imaging and radiotherapy devices, as defined in Article 2, point (1), of Regulation (EU) 2017/745, and in vitro diagnostic medical devices, as defined in Article 2, point (2), of Regulation (EU) 2017/746.

The derogation set out in point (a) of this paragraph shall only be applicable where such derogation is required to ensure the safety of the user and the appliance.

3.

The obligations laid down in paragraph 1 shall not apply where continuity of power supply is necessary and a permanent connection between the product and the respective portable battery is required to ensure the safety of the user and the appliance or, for products that collect and supply data as their main function, for data integrity reasons.

4.

The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 89 to amend paragraph 2 of this Article by adding further products to be exempted from the removability and replaceability requirements laid down in paragraph 1 of this Article. Such delegated acts shall be adopted only on account of market developments and technical and scientific progress, and provided that there are scientifically grounded concerns over the safety of end-users removing or replacing the portable battery, or in cases where there is a risk that the removal or the replacement of the battery by end-users would be in violation of any product safety requirements provided for by applicable Union law.

5.

Any natural or legal person that places on the market products incorporating LMT batteries shall ensure that those batteries, as well as individual battery cells included in the battery pack, are readily removable and replaceable by an independent professional at any time during the lifetime of the product.

6.

For the purposes of paragraphs 1 and 5, a portable battery or LMT battery shall be considered readily replaceable where, after its removal from an appliance or light means of transport, it can be substituted by another compatible battery without affecting the functioning, the performance or the safety of that appliance or light means of transport.

7.

Any natural or legal person that places on the market products incorporating portable batteries or LMT batteries shall ensure that those batteries are available as spare parts of the equipment that they power for a minimum of five years after placing the last unit of the equipment model on the market, with a reasonable and non-discriminatory price for independent professionals and end-users.

8.

Software shall not be used to impede the replacement of a portable battery or LMT battery, or of their key components, with another compatible battery or key components.

9.

The Commission shall publish guidelines to facilitate the harmonised application of this Article.

Replaceable cells in battery packs?

And I didn’t say that anyone said that.
I didn’t get that ‘annual’ was the important part of your question, my bad. Idk man you’re probably right

I have no idea how the legislation came to be, I now realize that was your main question…

I was just giving my opinion on why I think it’s a good thing we have those checks on bikes as well as cars.

So yeah I just meant that there are too many selfish idiots around us to let anyone take full responsibility over their vehicle’s health, bike or car.