Re: "Apple is the only poster child for destructive repair monopolies"
needing to fully dismantle the phone and break out the hot air gun and soldering iron
The problem is form and function. The market wants phones to be thinner and lighter yet to be more powerful and have better battery life.
The end result is a mass of tightly-packed components with little room for traditional screw-type fasteners (since they can come loose and then the phone falls apart).
Biting the hand that feeds IT
