
Back in October, Google made a big deal of the fact that the freshly-announced Pixel 8 would be around for the long haul. Buyers were promised not just seven years of software support, but that spare parts would be available for the same time period.
This is a great step forward for repairability, with users free to make their own DIY fixes with Google’s blessing and instructions. But at the time it wasn’t clear how much each part would cost, given that the Pixel 8 was $100 more expensive than the Pixel 7.