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It generates more sales to tightly couple a wear item to its host, full stop.

We're talking about massive for-profit businesses here, there's zero chance this is happening ignorant of the positive revenue effects.

I've had to replace the battery on my phone due to swelling in the desert heat four times now.

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I think you are overestimating how much influence beancounters and marketing people have on the design.

I live in the desert as well and in the last 15 years between me, my wife and my parents have only replaced a single battery. We buy a new phone once a year and then rotate them, so keep them a minimum of 3 years.

dude, you're voluntarily replacing phones too frequently for it to be relevant

try living in the desert without AC or spend more time outdoors... I tend to go through a battery per summer.

> try living in the desert without AC or spend more time outdoors

I'll pass... that sounds fucking miserable.

How about the consideration that making an item less easy to service incurs more complaints? That's a metric too right?

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