Yeah, nowadays everything is sealed with Premium Vibranium Super-Ultra-Hiperglue™©® and you can only repair anything if you pay more than even just buying a new one. It’s diabolic.

Also, programmed obsolescence it’s actually a thing. Here’s high quality bibliography about it:

• https://librairie.ademe.fr/economie-circulaire-et-dechets/3516-etude-sur-la-duree-de-vie-des-equipements-electriques-et-electroniques.html

• https://www.ademe.fr/presse/communique-national/allonger-la-duree-dusage-des-objets-un-gain-pour-la-planete-et-pour-le-porte-monnaie/

• https://classactionslawsuits.com/cases/apple-iphone-batterygate-throttling-consumer-class-action-se-1781542117438

• https://www.ifixit.com/News/11208/batterygate-timeline

• https://www.ifixit.com/News/66879/iphone-14-parts-pairing-results-apple-is-still-trying-to-monopolise-repair