No "special tools" is a misleading term. Plastic spudgers are not "special" enough to be included. Think "proprietary." I've never opened a plastic cased kindle without needing at least one spudger (and usually several to keep them from snapping back together). And yes, I've opened countless plastic devices (including Kindles) countless times. They get easier to open after several times.
You've already answered the "why". When it comes to Youtube, there is no more "why" needed than clickbait. And it worked. People already think Kindles must be easy to open because of it.
The bottom line is that unless all Kindle devices bound for the EU after the law was announced fall apart like this one did, then this one is a special snowflake. Obeying EU law on this is not going to result in devices that can be opened by hand without tools. This has been discussed. The words "easily replaced" do not even occur in the wording of the EU decision.
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A portable battery should be considered to be removable by the end-user when it can be removed with the use of commercially available tools and without requiring the use of specialised tools, unless they are provided free of charge, or proprietary tools, thermal energy or solvents to disassemble it. Commercially available tools are considered to be tools available on the market to all end-users without the need for them to provide evidence of any proprietary rights and that can be used with no restriction, except health and safety-related restrictions.
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