I don't think you can put people with modular high end PCs in the same box as people throwing away smartphones every year and laptops every 2-3.

At least modular PCs can be valuable again (or repaired) with a single component upgrade and those old components usually go straight onto ebay for other people to take advantage of.

> For development, sure

As a developer, I say give me more cores and more ram! Faster build and test times means more development time.