"You can't analyse the environmental impact of a product range based upon how difficult it is (for an amateur to) repair alone"
Whilst reliability indeed comes into it, if a device cannot be easily (cheaply) repaired, then it is going to become electronic waste. When the battery in a pair of AirPod Pros fails, if it cannot be replaced for significantly less than the £250 cost of the headphones (remember, Apple used alcohol-resistant glue), then people will just buy new ones and throw them out. If they can't be repaired by "the shop in the high street", then the chance of it getting repaired at all drop, as most manufacturers charge a lot for repairs. The same is of course true of washing machines (call-out charge is half the value of a new machine), printers (set of ink tanks cost more than the printer), etc.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
