[NotPractical]

Consider also that anything that Apple does to make their product less repairable by the end-user also makes it less repairable by independent repair shops. I'm not sure why anyone would waste their time and money taking their Framework Laptop to a repair shop just to have them replace the battery when they could do it themselves in a few minutes (and you don't need to "live on HN" to follow basic instructions), but it's still an option. Whereas this is usually not an option with MacBooks.

[Grustaf]

I don't know if this was directed at me, but I'm not saying it isn't easier and cheaper to replace a Framework battery. My point is that almost nobody cares. You replace your battery at most once, after like 4 years. 100 dollars every 4 years is insignificant for almost all laptop owners.

[NotPractical]

I agree that they don't care. Perhaps they should, though? It's just unnecessarily wasteful (assuming they replace the entire top case assembly, which they probably still do) and expensive. By the way, it is currently $200 [1], but it could change. I don't think it's too unrealistic to imagine that Apple does this intentionally in order to get you to buy the latest model. Why keep investing in an old, dying laptop rather than just get a new one? It makes sense to invest in the Framework Laptop because everything is replaceable, including the mobo/CPU. But it doesn't make sense to invest in an old MacBook that might have other unforeseen, unfixable issues (unless by Apple for a fortune) in the future, even after a battery replacement.

If MacBook users could either replace the battery themselves (or take it to any repair shop if they somehow don't have a few minutes to spare), they wouldn't have to face the "repair or upgrade" dilemma until much later in the laptop's life. For Framework users, it isn't a problem at all.

[1] https://support.apple.com/mac/repair/service