[arzke]

> How true is this when they devices are increasingly hostile to user repair and upgrades?

Not sure what you mean exactly by this, but to me their Self Service Repair program is a step in the right direction.

[sqeaky]

It was mandated by right to repair laws, it provides the absolute minimum, and they've attempted the price out people wanting to do repairs. The only way it could be more hostile to users is by literally being illegal.

They could go out of their way to make things actually easy to work on and service, but that has never been the Apple Way. Compare to framework or building your own PC, or even repairing a laptop from another OEM.