• Echo Dot@feddit.uk
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      2 hours ago

      Is it though or is this just them being spiteful?

      How often do the batteries in the non-user replaceable version fail, they can’t have the failure rate be too high or else word would get around. So they’re doing this against the cost of some theoretical future benefit may very well not come to pass. I suspect this decision hasn’t been properly costed out.