It's a complete overstatement. The USB-C ports are still soldered onto the motherboard and their parts supply chain is shit.

I don't trust iFixit's quite frank "press handjob" because they're giving higher repairability rankings for that junk compared to Apple who have replaceable ports and a good supply chain available to the end user. Also they were all over selling battery kits for Pixel phones which are a complete pain to replace the batteries in compared to an iPhone.

Not that Apple are the bastion of repairability, just their claims are less insane than both Lenovo's and iFixit's.

The 2026 ThinkPads have their USB-C ports on a separate modules: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dD_pz2t1FXA