This reminds me of Apple’s approach to the Mac Mini.

Once, it was totally upgradeable by end users. Then, Apple introduced proprietary fixings for opening-up the Mac Mini, plus non-replaceable memory, then soldered-on storage.

All this was designed to encourage customers to replace their Mac Mini rather than upgrade an otherwise perfectly serviceable product.

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