All machines break. Those of us who have owned enough hardware over the years will be familiar with the frustration that comes with a dead or malfunctioning system, and that's before you get to the hassle of looking up part numbers, scouring YouTube tutorials, and digging that screwdriver set out from the back of your desk drawers.
Right to repair legislation in both the US and the EU has at least made inroads into ensuring that devices are repairable and that parts are easier to obtain. That being said, how-to website iFixit has recently announced that it's selling genuine Microsoft parts for Xbox consoles—which sounds dandy at first, but some of the prices are of the teeth-sucking variety.
