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minus-square@Da_Boom@iusearchlinux.fyilinkfedilink20•1 year agoI don’t think it would really benefit or harm the lithium miners and battery manufacturers - in fact it might benefit them more if they could sell their batteries directly to consumers and skip the middleman, keeping those profits for themselves.
minus-square@RaoulDuke@lemmy.nzlinkfedilink8•1 year agoYeah, you’re right. I didn’t think that through properly.
minus-square 🇺🇦 seirim linkfedilink0•1 year agoHa yeah, I’ll just buy more batteries so I can always be able to pop in a spare, sigh.
I don’t think it would really benefit or harm the lithium miners and battery manufacturers - in fact it might benefit them more if they could sell their batteries directly to consumers and skip the middleman, keeping those profits for themselves.
Yeah, you’re right. I didn’t think that through properly.
Ha yeah, I’ll just buy more batteries so I can always be able to pop in a spare, sigh.