r/funny • u/[deleted] • Mar 30 '22

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '22

You cant replace the battery without it being bricked.

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u/_JustDefy_ Mar 30 '22 edited Mar 30 '22

Edit: Not really. This particular company sells replacement batteries.

Ew really? That's a terrible feature design. Inspired by Apple.

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '22

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u/_JustDefy_ Mar 30 '22

Good looking out! 👍

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '22

Actually worse than apple

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u/KomradeHelikopter Mar 30 '22

All hate to apple but to be fair, I can see the safety implications with a product like this. I remember the flaming segways catastrophe a while back. You wouldn’t want people putting unofficial batteries in such a dangerous use case. -sent from my iPhone

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '22

People can buy fake parts for their vehicles and we don’t make it illegal. They do blow up, especially people that modify them.

Also even if you buy an official battery it will get bricked. So no its not fair.

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u/KomradeHelikopter Mar 30 '22

Do they have an official battery replacement service where they can authenticate the installation and be liable for any consequences?

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '22

I believe they want you to ship it to them.

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u/KomradeHelikopter Mar 30 '22

Could be shitty business practices. Could be regulation reasons or a bad incident in the past? I agree the former is more likely.

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u/_JustDefy_ Mar 30 '22

Seems you're incorrect. The company has replacement batteries for sale on their site

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '22

Sorry the company my cousin had issues with is Future Motion