I did not read the article. However with the rise of denser technologies and mass assembly by machines in order to achieve a price point and manufacturing volum

I did not read the article. However with the rise of denser technologies and mass assembly by machines in order to achieve a price point and manufacturing volume it is inevitable that we won't be able to repair items ourselves. That is just the way it is. I wouldn't want to overanalyse it. You might want to repair something yourself but you are in a minority and the market wants to buy products for cheap and throw them away at end of life.