Sounds like a fear tactic, the whole 'it's illegal to use our batteries for..'. Bitch please, if I bought them, they're mine. I'll build the biggest damn dildo out of an f-350 dually if that's what I want to do with it, then fuck samsung up the ass with it. That shit may work in other lands but not in the US, companies don't get to dictate how you use their product after purchase. I bet more people use 18650 flashlights, tool packs, scooters, ebikes etc than those who buy those shitty broke down tesla cars lmao.
Maybe running their mouth about it gives them peace of mind that they warned everyone and 'did their part' but honestly, when's the last news story of anyone blowing themselves up with a vape? All that seemed to die down prior to the evali bullshit, when the exploding battery hysteria wasn't enough to unseat vaping they went another route. Now they're all consumed with coronavirus, slacking beer sales and tp shortages. Morons.