> ...and it's basically impossible to repair. While Louis Rossmann [1] is well-known in the US for basing an entire, profitable small business around boards' c

> ...and it's basically impossible to repair. While Louis Rossmann [1] is well-known in the US for basing an entire, profitable small business around boards' component-level repair in one of the most unforgiving retail service markets in the US (NYC midtown Manhattan) [2], there are hundreds of shanzhai and tens of thousands of more generalized repair shops in China [3] who also demonstrate that with sufficient specifications and parts availability, what appears "basically impossible to repair" becomes the start of a journey towards a cradle-to-cradle ecosystem. Apple has led the industry in the past, and is hopefully leading the way towards such a cradle-to-cradle future. I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt that their recent designs that are perceived by Rossmann and others as anti-RTR (Right To Repair) are more unintentional side effects of their rapid vertical integration design strategy (the A* and M1 processors being only the most visible part of the strategy). [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Rossmann https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Rossmann [2] https://www.rossmanngroup.com/ https://www.rossmanngroup.com/ [3] https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/i-broke-my-phones-screen-awesome-bunnie-huang/ https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/i-broke-my-phones-screen-awes...