> The fact is: you can repair old cars that came without computer parts easier and better. That's just pure and unadulterated fax, right there Absolutely. But if you don't have to repair the computerized car, does it matter? > My gold-standard example is: the replaceable smartphone battery. It's just an intentional choice to fuck the consumer, for no other reason than profit I think it was more sinister than that: I think the purpose of non-removable batteries is so you can never turn your surveillance device off. Sure, you can push a button that makes the screen stop responding to touch and turns the speaker off, but is it really OFF? I doubt it.