Japan’s transport ministry will limit the number of power banks allowed on flights and effectively ban their onboard use starting in mid-April, a move prompted by a recent series of alarming incidents.
Then you bring a device with a battery that’s not a fire hazard… Other things? A MacBook of the last 5 years can go 8h on a charge doing work. A SteamDeck can go 6-8h playing light games. A PSP or vita similar. A gameboy can go about 30h. You don’t need to mine bitcoin on your flight.
What if a person wants to smoke on a flight? What if they want to enjoy some fireworks? What if a dozen other things that are also forbidden because they are hazardous?
What if I don’t have a macbook (not worth it tbh). What if I want to play middle to heavy games on the steamdeck?
The other examples you gove are not comparable at all. Charging a device with your powerbank is a non danger unlike whatever the fuck you are suggesting in the second part.
Then you bring a device with a battery that’s not a fire hazard… Other things? A MacBook of the last 5 years can go 8h on a charge doing work. A SteamDeck can go 6-8h playing light games. A PSP or vita similar. A gameboy can go about 30h. You don’t need to mine bitcoin on your flight.
What if a person wants to smoke on a flight? What if they want to enjoy some fireworks? What if a dozen other things that are also forbidden because they are hazardous?
What device battery is a fire hazard??
What if I don’t have a macbook (not worth it tbh). What if I want to play middle to heavy games on the steamdeck?
The other examples you gove are not comparable at all. Charging a device with your powerbank is a non danger unlike whatever the fuck you are suggesting in the second part.
If you want to play heavy games or mine bitcoin, you do that at home. In the air, safety takes priority to the whims of brats.
Which of those things I described is dangerous?
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