A pretty comprehensive video by Hugh Jeffreys covering how Apple has been restricting repairability in their devices, even before 2012.
P.S. Apple’s iPhones may be exempt from California’s R2R bill, apparently they slipped an exemption in there for “waterproof portable devices” 🤦♂️
Fun fact! There are phones now that have great water resistance ratings and removeable batteries. Fairphone 4 is ip54 rated. iPhone 15 is ip68 for comparison. While Fairphone is technically worse they’re both not “waterproof”, just “water resistant”. Also, Fairphone is much cheaper with more freedom with their degoogled android experience.