Ah the good old days, where you could replace a phone battery in 20 seconds. Does it still "just work" if it need an 80 pound package to self replace a battery Apple?
https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/21/23079058/apple-self-service-iphone-repair-kit-hands-on
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@Numerous_Piccolo_564 Not only that, you could extend the runtime of the phone substantially by replacing old batteries instead of replacing the phone.
Tying the obsolescence of a device directly to all of it's constituent pieces doesn't ever sound like a good idea.