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[โ€“] CommanderCloon@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Well no that's their point, the batteries can only be replaceable by an independant professional and not the user, because it's subject to frequent splashing water, therefore there's a waterproofing argument & the battery can't be user-serviceable

I'm not sure why they couldn't make a user-replaceable waterproof battery but there you go

[โ€“] 8uurg@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

I don't think making the battery itself waterproof is necessarily the solution here though: you would need to make the battery user replaceable without sacrificing the waterproofing of the entire device.

There are ways of accomplishing this in devices though: action cameras generally have replaceable batteries with an extra waterproofing gasket for the battery tray. Those are even designed for frequent-ish swaps (though, outside of water).