The high value parts are locked down so yeah the options for stripping iphones have become more limited & thus backyard iphone recycling operations decreased.

The high value parts are locked down so yeah the options for stripping iphones have become more limited & thus backyard iphone recycling operations decreased. Unsure whether anyone has found a way past the apple locks...not to my knowledge. >cost I don't think cost even factors into any of this at apple margins. What does is that repairability affects things that matter to the consumer: Size, weight, thinness, feel, lack of exposed screws etc. Compromising on repairability makes all those easier