You're missing the point here. Repairability and fairness isn't worth "it in the current world state". In a true fair world, manufacturers would be charged for

You're missing the point here. Repairability and fairness isn't worth "it in the current world state". In a true fair world, manufacturers would be charged for all externalities (pollution from mining, paying decent wages that ensure people don't starve, recycling thrown out electronics, etc), all phones would cost that. Currently, those externalities are just ignored, with the expected consequences.