> making things discreet and replaceable will increase costs significantly and slow progress Nobody is asking to split the current, high pin-density SoC into e

> making things discreet and replaceable will increase costs significantly and slow progress Nobody is asking to split the current, high pin-density SoC into eighty chips with DIP sockets, they're mostly asking for things like: * Publishing service manuals and schematics * Making replacement parts available (replacing the SoC isn't that big a deal, the problem is that you often can't get that SoC anywhere) * Not selling things with an EULA that explicitly prohibits "unauthorized" repairs "Making things discreet" is pretty much a red herring. Sure, making everything discreet would result in bulkier, pricier, and probably worse phones, but you can massively improve the general public's access to repairs without doing that.