But laptops are not supposed to be designed for trips to the moon! It is an extremely reasonable expectation that when a part of a laptop breaks or wears out,

But laptops are not supposed to be designed for trips to the moon! It is an extremely reasonable expectation that when a part of a laptop breaks or wears out, in most cases it should be possible to repair just that part. Not that you now have to throw out the whole laptop and buy a new one. Yes, they are produced by robots at scale. But Apple designs the product. And design for maintainability is a key part of good design. And they are not asking for what people are willing to pay. A reasonable user would not expect that a top-of-the-line laptop is completely unrepairable. Laptops have never worked like that. As such this would not be factored into the purchase price equation.