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I would wager that even so, drives are replaced in less than 10% of all laptops bought by consumers. Even batteries would likely be a small portion.

Now if we talk about this particular upgrade, how many people would pay $600 bucks for 960 GB of space, I can imagine it's an even smaller fraction.

The size benefit is something that everyone appreciates when they buy a MBP retina. There are enough other laptop choices if you want upgrade-ability and repair-ability, and MBP retina doesn't need to compete on that level.

Dunno about you, but I just use network storage. Cheaper, more appropriate for things that take a lot of space, and available to every computer on the network.

Same here, have done drive replacement in two out of the three macs i've owned because they broke down within three years after purchase.

You are the 2%! Congratulations!