OK? That’s not really what this is about. If only “cool” kids can buy drugs, that leaves a large amount of people who can’t.

I don’t think it would make much sense to keep tonnes of batteries in storage for so long.

What if you, the phone manufacturer, want to sell more phones? I assume they only need to store enough batteries to be able to meet the actual demand, which won’t be high if the replacement batteries are crap or if it’s prohibitively hard to change the batteries as an end user, or if most of the phones break before the battery.

Based on the last time I tried to change my phone’s battery: Replaceable batteries only make a difference if there are actually new batteries being made for your model, a replacement battery that’s been stored in a warehouse for about as long as your phone is old doesn’t help. For increasing your phone’s lifespan anyway, you can still use a second battery to increase the time between charging on a day-to-day basis, if replacing the battery is something easy you could do every day without damaging the phone.

Might depend on the specific battery tech, though.

I certainly never consciously met someone who would sell me illegal-for-adults drugs as a kid.

I think you overestimate the willingness of most people to buy illegal drugs.

Consider that the UK is becoming more and more of a surveillance-state, though. I doubt that “store clerk ‘forgets’ to check for ID” is going to stay a thing.

I’m not saying that a black market won’t exist, but it’s going to become more like buying “hard” illegal drugs is today, i.e. much harder than for drugs that are currently legal for all adults.

IDK if I’d bother with the black market to acquire cigarettes if they were already illegal when I turned 18. Not the most exciting drug.

Actually, arresting Netanyahu for the ICC would be respecting international law.

The intentions are good.

As if, state surveillance is not a good intention. If it was really about protecting minors, there are many more useful and less invasive measures that haven’t been taken yet. And why only minors, anyway? Most social media platforms are harmful and predatory for adults, too.

But sometimes it works, or throws a different error …