Repairability is like online security: if companies really cared about it, they'd have built it into the product beginning at the design stage. With most produ

Repairability is like online security: if companies really cared about it, they'd have built it into the product beginning at the design stage. With most products these days, repairability is actively discouraged at many different levels: components are inaccessible, soldered or glued on, specifications are unavailable, replacement parts are not sold direct to the public, etc. This is all done to shorten product lifetimes such that consumers have to purchase new products more frequently, that's clear enough. Some companies might realize that there's a market for repairable products and shift tactics, there seem to be a few out there, though not many.