[specialist]

File under "believe, but cannot prove":

"...hard to repair because they optimized for weight and size over maintainability."

How did Apple achieve those goals? Through greater integration and reduced modularity.

I often face two challenges when repairing my own stuff (cars, phones, appliances) these days:

tightly coupled designs

finding replacement parts

The book "Design Rules: The Power of Modularity" deeply influenced how I look at architecture and design.

Since I'm an Apple fanboy, I'm clearly okay with their choices, priorities. But I'm also fully aware of what I'm forfeiting.

I watched the Sandy Munro videos about their Tesla teardowns. The same forces are at work. Fascinating. (Since I'll never be able to afford a Tesla, I won't have to determine if their reduced repairability is an issue for me.)