I fail to see the validity of all the conspiracy theory evil claimed around modern manufacturing techniques. The overwhelming majority of consumers have spoken,

I fail to see the validity of all the conspiracy theory evil claimed around modern manufacturing techniques. The overwhelming majority of consumers have spoken, and what they have said is they will pay more for smaller lighter devices and will not pay more for consumer repairable devices. Manufacturers have responded in exactly the way the majority of consumers asked them to, by making smaller lighter devices rather than repairable ones. Connectors add space and weight, making devices bigger and heavier and less desirable to the vast majority of consumers.