During my early ventures into the working culture as a design engineer, I was taught that all designs must take into account of easy repairability, i.e. easy to take apart, lots of room for maneuverability, etc.
Alas, times change. Nowadays, aesthetic takes the top priority. Besides that, companies such as Apple offer one-to-one swap for some of their devices. So it's no wonder that mobile devices are getting more and more difficult to repair and their parts impossible to be replaced by the moderate DIY person. There will eventually be the day when there are no more separate desktop units to open up to upgrade the hard disk and RAM. Everything must be customised and bought online. No more cheaper 3rd party parts to buy and shove them in myself...
Gone are the days of repairability... and here, the days of simplicity arrive so that we free up ourselves to stress over other stuff. Damn.
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