[2026iknewit]

I believe its more about optimization for price and minimum amount of km you need to design something for.

And in regards of screws: If you have too many laypeople doing stupid shit for critical components, you might also think 'lets fix that by adding a barrier'.

[DennisP]

Why would that be your problem? Make it a warranty violation, and they can either get it fixed themselves, or pay you money you wouldn't have gotten otherwise.

[2026iknewit]

Because people lie and still give you 1 star rating perhaps.

[DennisP]

The same people, the ones prone to tinkering with their cars, might give you a one star rating for putting the car together with proprietary screws.

[2026iknewit]

Don't get me wrong, i do not like it either but I do think often enough they do this for this kind of reasons and not to be dicks on purpose.