Lemmy has a reading problem today. You used a disposable in a kids toy at one point. So they have a use case in kids toy. Thats what I said originally. I never said people never are not using rechargeables in kids toys.

I said all toys

The entire discussion that got started was because I said kids toys are a use case for disposable and they responded saying its the dumbest comment they’ve ever read. So they are saying under no circumstances should you use dispobable in a kids toy. That is flat out wrong.

If you tell me you’ve never used a disposable battery in a child toys i just think your a liar. Thats all.

You can get disposable for 12 cents a battery on amazon right now.

If I buy even 50 rechargeables I’m never getting money back.

I stand by my original comment. If you have a lot of toys you want disposable with long shelf life.

But I do agree if you have a toy that chews through batteries you want rechargeable. Most kids toys do not.

Well it depends. That is the point I’m making. I put 25 cents worth of batteries in my sons buzz light year 7 years ago and it still works. Rechargeable make no sense for that.

Thats it. Thats the whole point. I was responding to the person that said that using disposable in kids toys was the dumbest comment they’ve ever read lol

Sure but thats not the point. The discussion got started from someone saying that there is no use case for disposable batteries in kids toys, which there is.

Oh wow what a huge sample size of 4.

Lemmy is a very anti consumption site, and I would guarantee you they are lying is well. If I walked into their house right now I would find at least one toy with disposable batteries.

Sure, but your an outlier.

Kids toys are a use case for non rechargeable. In fact, I wouldn’t be shocked its the most common use case.

Before I had kids I used rechargeable for everything but flashlights and smoke detectors.

So ive got 3 kids and a large extended family. My kids are the youngest so we are constantly being given toys second hand. Looks like at the moment, ive got almost 50 toys that take batteries in some form. Most take 2, some take 4. 200 is admittedly a high end exaggeration. But ive changes batteries in hundreds of re-homed toys at this point and I have never come across a single set of recharable batteries.

When my kids grow out of them, we usually give them to someone else, as they were given to us.

Firstly, the rechargeable dont last as long in the toy. So if you have a ton of toys you need a lot of both AA and AAA because the toys will die more often.

Second, using AAA as an example, I can get non rechargeable for as low as 12 cents each right now. Rechargeable look to be 77 cents a piece if you can find them on sale.

Ive already looked into it for my family. We have rechargeable for things that make sense. I would need somewhere in the range of 150 to 200 rechargeable batteries and it would be a much bigger hastle. And guess what happens to those too? Recycled, because I would have no additional use for them beyond toys. And it turns out people dont like buying used batteries second hand.

I’m sure there are some people that actually do what you are suggesting, but saying that is the dumbest comment on Lemmy for stating what 99% of parents do is just silly.

If you think parents are putting rechargeable batteries in all their kids toys then you are the dumb one.

Kids toys are another use case for non rechargeable. I’m not going to buy a 100 pack of rechargeable batteries.

As long as it secure, lots of businesses. If it works and you dont need the new features of future releases and just want reliability.

Looks like I left Fire Sticks just in time. They say they are going to block apps that allow piracy. So are they going to block their own shitty web browser?

I have the main owner profile for my main Foss apps then the work profile for apps that need the play store. I normally leave my work profile paused and unpause it when I need to use an app. None of the apps in the work profile require notifcations so its fine.

If the price is similar to a PS5 I will buy one. I was going to build a PC this winter or spring for my son but this might be even better, we dont care about running at max settings I just need a decent frame rate and stability.

It definitely is something I miss. No compiling shaders, no frame skipping, tweaking with settings. No issues with controllers not pairing. It just worked. Expensive way to game though all added up.

Proton is not what you want to use if you are trying to hide from the government but if you are trying to starve google of your data its a solid option.

I’m just gonna come out and say it the movie and accompanying soundtrack are the best thing released this year.