And by the way, for the repairability folks: replaceable RAM on mobile devices is going away for good reason. Two SODIMMs is 128 bits of multi-GHz bus across multiple cm of board and a connector. That *eats* power. This isn't manufacturers being out to screw us, it's physics.
Usually by the time more RAM makes sense, a new machine makes sense anyway. There are exceptions, but it's not the norm. Machines get reused for other purposes, for which their existing RAM is fine. Nobody is throwing away laptops because they need more RAM.
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Besides, if you're on any kind of decent usage cycle (>5 years) by the time you might want more RAM we're probably a generation ahead and obsolete RAM is no longer cost effective.
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Now upgrading *storage*, that I've done tons of times. There are many cases when over time you need more space, and Flash drops in price per GB faster than RAM. And there is no performance reason to solder down SSDs. So yeah, I'm happy to complain about that one ;)
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