Most devices & gadgets are rechargeable nowadays. The only thing I have that still requires batteries is a headlamp but even those are available in rechargeable varieties. House smoke detectors need a battery too.

  • 4am@lemmy.zip
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    17 hours ago

    I can’t wait to throw out all my flashlights because they don’t have USB-D and I don’t have the right cord to charge them anymore. This is almost certainly better for the shareholders.

    • the_crotch@sh.itjust.works
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      9 hours ago

      We can still buy serial and parallel cables 25 years after they became mostly irrelevant. You’ll be cold in the ground before everyone stops selling usb-c.