Respectfully, today people just chuck the entire phone/laptop in the bin. I don’t think making the battery module removable changes the outcome one bit, except that it would allow a tremendous amount more life out of these devices, reducing all the other (non-battery) waste streams and reducing the environmentally costly manufacture of new devices…. which is the reason why the shareholders love the current strategy and why all electronic manufacturers are moving the same way. Why allow users to get 3 more years of life from their laptop when you could convince them it’s e-waste after 3 because of a $15 battery?