Sorry I wasn't completely clear. When I say 'by design' I don't really mean 'planned obsolescence', I mean 'system design problem' because somebody wanted to sh

Sorry I wasn't completely clear. When I say 'by design' I don't really mean 'planned obsolescence', I mean 'system design problem' because somebody wanted to shave another 0.01 mm of thickness. I would be surprised to see any other reason than stupid form over function that causes this.