It feels like, at long last, at least some technology is moving in the direction of repairability. This is no doubt in large part thanks to the public pushing for the right to repair, which has probably encouraged some companies to make popular products that are very upgradeable and repairable (hello, Framework). Still, I was a little surprised to hear a Redditor call their Steam Deck repair "not that hard at all."
David recently shared his "$80 Steam Deck" on Reddit (though it looks like perhaps it was €80, which is still well below $100), explaining that they picked up the Valve handheld for cheap after the previous owner had attempted to solder in new buttons and failed. "After many sleepless hours repairing the traces and replacing the buttons", David says, he also replaced the trackpad for $30 and has finally got it working.
