[asdff]

The vast majority of people are not comfortable opening their computer and mucking around the guts. In the old days Apple made this simple for their users:

https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/MacBook+Unibody+Model+A1278+Bat...

[thirdsun]

> The vast majority of people are not comfortable opening their computer and mucking around the guts.

That's why Apple offers to do it for them.

Sure, completely user-replacable would be ideal but such a battery design surely comes with other trade-offs and compromises.