[Shawnj2]

The tricky thing is that there is a thin line between doing something to screw over consumers and doing it to make the product better. For example on earlier iPads and the current non pro/air/mini iPads, the screen glass can be replaced separately from the display, but on newer iPads (other than the entry line) they can’t because the screen looks noticeably better if you don’t do that. Same deal with soldered SSD’s and RAM- arguably it lets you build more compact and lighter computers than you can without soldering those components.it’s possible putting the fuel filter inside the fuel tank reduces cost, increases reliability, or makes the fuel tank take up less space or be lighter in some way.

[comte7092]

I think the important thing is that right to repair should make repairs possible even if challenging.

A manufacturer may want to solder on an SSD, but they shouldn’t make it so every part is monitored by the software to be “manufacturer certified” with no secondary market part availability, no way to override the software controls, etc.