What world have you been living in, 'Throw away world" indeed! My RAZR isn't user repairable, the universal remote I had (before I got my Harmony) for my entertainment centre was a sealed and epoxy covered device. The throw away world has been around for decades. The labour for repairing these devices ($90 an hour in my case) is simply FAR too much and there would never be a reason to attempt it. When it wears out 4 years down the road there will be ZERO value to it and thus no value to making it repairable. Why people think Apple pioneered this I've no idea
