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Holy ol' fuck, are people nowadays accepting battery powered derailleurs as normal? That's absurd.
There kind of is a point: It's also totally not normal to somehow have a wire going from your handlebars through your frame to your back wheel where you are janking the gears in place. Motors are cheap and reliable, batteries are also cheap and why not use a wireless connection to get rid of the pesky wires? The idea is great, but what Shimano is doing with it not so
Getting rid of the cable is great but having to babysit a tiny battery without which you have no shifting at all is insane to me.
I actually just had to go back to my house wanting to go to ride on a beautiful sunny day because didn't realized the front derailleur battery was knocked out.
I don't think it's the end of the world, though. After a lifetime of riding crappy bikes there are much more serious and dangerous stuff to be worried about.