From my reading, the conditions seem to apply to the environment it primarily operates in, not the product itself. So the product primarily operates in the environment of the hand, and the hand is definitely "regularly subject to splashing water".
It’s a niche within a niche within a niche. It’s designed to do solve a problem that only one person has.
You have to:
- want to make voice memos (how many people do that?)
- find your watch insufficient for that purpose
- find your phone insufficient for that purpose
- be willing to wear a ring on a specific finger (this isn’t practical on most of your fingers because it’s hard to press the button)
- commit to custom sized jewelry
But this thread is like pointing out that the cybertruck doesn’t meet EU regulations. It doesn’t matter because the truck is a sales disaster in its most potent market and will probably be discontinued.
“Because this thread is currently higher up the page than the threads talking about what they want to talk about, so they'll get less attention” would be my guess.
I propose we change the subject to how you’re the king of this website and you alone determine the topic of discussion. Would that be okay with you, Dear Leader?
This issue of replaceable battery is not only irrelevant because the product is going to fail, it’s irrelevant because it clearly complies with EU law. If it doesn’t you have to explain how the Apple Watch is legal in Europe with a battery that Apple themselves don’t replace in their stores, opting instead to users an entirely new watch.
Why is that so clear? Multiple other comments in this submission will point you to the exact parts from coming regulations that it doesn't seem to comply with at all, if I recall correctly it'll start being enforced in 2027. So if Apple wants to continue selling their watches in Europe, they'll have to follow that too, and since they've been aware of it for quite some time already, I'm sure they already have plans and actions in motion for doing just that.
Edit: The "other comments" is literally the root comment of this comment chain..... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46209779