"Our new report finds massive cost savings from repair."
No shit. That's why that used to be the norm. Until some predators-in-training paid Congress to destroy those businesses. And now we need to struggle? to get back what was once obvious and common sense?? Throw-away culture is a disease.
If you looked inside a TV now, you'd see mostly surface mount components, and molded plastic armatures.
There's just not as much to repair anymore, things either work or they don't. I'm not saying it's good or bad, I'm saying there was no conspiracy to drive repair shops out of business, just a general switch to more reliable (yes, more reliable) electronics, which happen to also be less repairable.
White goods are a different story, things like washing machines have been built in an increasingly cynical fashion.
Why not both?
People legitimately think that repairing something means to just replace it. People think this.