Early adopters, hardcore techies may love repairability but they will buy whatever comes out next.

What counts is the majority of buyers after these techies.

It's similar the early buyers of a Tesla who could say "ahh it will be so eco I don't have to buy another car for 10 years" and, 3 years later they buy themselves the new model as they would have normally do with a combustion engine car. Consumers first.

The key point is that repairability is important and is a marketing ploy but isn't a real fundamental issue for wealthy techies. They will just get another laptop in a year or so.

It's the non techies that are important, not us! It's the majority and long tail, not the early adopters that this laptop should be for!