In doing an "everyone knows" assessment, you should analyze iFixit scores over time, which is what reputation is built on, rather than a point in time. Additionally, we're talking about Apple as a whole, not just one product. They've had several Macbooks that had scores of 1/10, and the Airpods received a 0/10. Even a recent iPhone had its score reduced from a 7/10 down to a 4:

https://www.ifixit.com/News/82493/we-are-retroactively-dropp...

(I'm a happy Apple user across all of their products, but I have no illusion that they're easily repairable)

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lotsofpulp 3 days ago | parent [-]

Are there tradeoffs to repair-ability?

I have machine washed my Airpods multiple times and they still work, and I use them for 3+ years. Seems like a good enough product, based on the alternatives available in the market.

	▲	bdcravens 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		Absolutely. Durability, size, etc. However if we're going to talk about "eco progress" specifically we do have to talk about repairability. To be fair though, a long lasting product is probably more "green" than any easily repaired one in many circumstances.