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I've replaced a battery, screen, hinges on a macbook (2015). Did they get considerably worse at repairability after that? Because while there were a fair number of steps, it's not like they required exotic techniques to pull off.

[Rebelgecko]

Yes

[shrubble]

Yes they did. Reminder: your experience is 11 years ago and several Intel and ARM generations old. Also it’s more than $3 Trillion in revenue ago.

[ceejayoz]

They’ve gotten largely more repairable since then, including adhesives you can electrically debond.

[malmeloo]

That's a relatively recent development. Repairability has been very poor for quite a while, but now they're finally starting to improve the situation somewhat.

[the_biot]

...electrically debond, are you serious? More details please, this sounds very interesting.

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[alwillis]

Not $3 trillion in revenue; a $3 trillion market cap.

[Jtsummers]

https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/AAPL/apple/revenue

Over 11 years, they exceeded $3 trillion in revenue, actually. I knew it was a lot, hadn't actually looked at the totals before. 2015-2025 sums to $3.429 trillion.