Canadian team discovers power-draining flaw in most laptop and phone batteries

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[–]iamonlyoneman 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

save you a click: the electrodes are formed on tape films that degrade and cause self discharge and allegedly a PP film vs. the PET they are using is the easy cure for this part of the self-discharge problem

[–]BISH 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It's not a bug.

It's an obsolescence feature.