repairability

And yes, there's a tradeoff between repairability and a host of other desired attributes -- cost, compactness, etc.

Planned obsolescense is what makes this market -- a perfect storm of rapid technological progress and lack of repairability.

People see energy star ratings and Amazon ads, neither of which emphasize lifespan, durability, or repairability.

We don't see people complaining about the repairability of their R-Pis, Chromecasts, SoC systems etc.

I believe that in terms of the life-cycle of any mechanical system, repairability and reliability asymptotically become synonyms.

Nobody complains about the repairability of an RPi because no specific step to make it harder to repair for no value were undertaken.

The only reason they get away with it because we don't force them to take repairability seriously.

Look at enough device tear downs, and you realize that lack of repairability is more about laziness than it is about legitimate tradeoffs.

No one's being forced to do anything in the repairability case.

It's still a score of 0 for the orange's repairability.

If a relatively small Chinese company can come up with something that has iPhone aesthetics but also retains a lot of the repairability, why can't Apple?

> We don't see people complaining about the repairability of their R-Pis, Chromecasts, SoC systems etc.

I disagree with your assertion that "in terms of the life-cycle of any mechanical system, repairability and reliability asymptotically become synonyms".

> Worth noting that this device, typical for Apple, gets the worst "repairability" score: Typical for Apple?

"Apple is working hard to make devices last long enough to be upgraded or irrelevant, making repairability an antiquated notion"

Having the machine be "hard to repair" because it's highly integrated is one thing, taking decisions which deliberately hinder repairability and have basically no other advantage is quite another.