manufacturers actively making products harder to repair.

Possible counterexample: My dishwasher. The drain pump is super easy to replace – unplug it, disconnect the hoses, and pop it off the little metal piece that supports its weight. It takes longer to bail out the water in the pan and wiggle it out from under the counter than it does to replace the faulty pump.

(At the same time, it’s a pretty crap model. We’ve had to replace that drain pump 3 times since 2019)