I think this really captures what a lot of tech-savvy people overlook about companies like Apple. They have their market. They make a ton of money selling to people who (mostly) don't care about being able to take their devices apart. Maybe those customers care about the consequences of this, but not many will think of the connection. They care about them looking cool and being fun to use and catering to this has been very good for Apple.

Apple is a hardware company who likes full control of things. It seems naive to think that they will make a big effort to be hacker or DIY friendly.