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?
But a Steam deck might also just last 3 hours playing slightly more intense games, and there are plenty of flights in the 10-16h category that none of those devices could easily make it through.
And until all planes on those routes have power outlets for every seat, Powerbanks are by far the best option.
Using a Powerbank also doesn’t impact any other passengers, as opposed to smoking, fireworks, or any other grand example you might come up with. Cause let’s be honest, the chance of a Powerbank catching on fire these days is very very low
And I can also tell you from experience, most batteries aren’t nearly as much of a fire hazard as you seem to believe, speaking as someone who’s been disappointed plenty of times after poking/shorting/overcharging batteries for fun
If they catch fire (and there’s plenty of examples of it happening) it very much impacts other passengers. Very very low is not acceptable when you’re 40 thousand feet in the air.
You choose a light game for this 10h flight, I’m sure it won’t kill you. Or you bring a Gameboy. Or you watch a movie. Or read a book. Or you sleep. It’s not the end of the world.
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?
But a Steam deck might also just last 3 hours playing slightly more intense games, and there are plenty of flights in the 10-16h category that none of those devices could easily make it through. And until all planes on those routes have power outlets for every seat, Powerbanks are by far the best option.
Using a Powerbank also doesn’t impact any other passengers, as opposed to smoking, fireworks, or any other grand example you might come up with. Cause let’s be honest, the chance of a Powerbank catching on fire these days is very very low
And I can also tell you from experience, most batteries aren’t nearly as much of a fire hazard as you seem to believe, speaking as someone who’s been disappointed plenty of times after poking/shorting/overcharging batteries for fun
If they catch fire (and there’s plenty of examples of it happening) it very much impacts other passengers. Very very low is not acceptable when you’re 40 thousand feet in the air.
You choose a light game for this 10h flight, I’m sure it won’t kill you. Or you bring a Gameboy. Or you watch a movie. Or read a book. Or you sleep. It’s not the end of the world.
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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