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lol no thas not the end goal because its a net negative to repair stuff no matter how cheap and easy you can do it. Every repaired last years model is a this years model not sold.

Manufacturers try to pretend that they are pro repair but very few are really.

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The end goal is automation and functionality regardless of how difficult it makes manual repair. Almost nobody values manual repair capability when purchasing, so why would manufacturers?

Consumers just want easy repair/replace when it happens, and the more resilient the product the less they care.

anybody who has manual manipulators and a manual can repair a manually repairable device. A device that needs special tools to break open or take apart increases the likelyhood that its just tossed and this years new model is bought instead.

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