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So what they're saying here is that it's cheaper for them to drag rtr laws to court everywhere for years than it is for them to make devices repairable. Or, in other terms, planned obsolescence makes them so much money that they can spend billions in lawyer fees and still make a profit.
Not really, a big driving factor behind making devices irreparable is to uphold the illusion of infinite growth.