Buying Apple products is great if you plan to fix them yourself - just look up the difficulty on iFixit and go for an easy-to-fix model. Vote with your wallet! My MacBook Air 13&quot; is trivial to open and actually looks gorgeous from the inside.<p>No matter which iPhone you buy, YouTube is full of video guides and you can buy DIY repair kits on eBay for most tasks.<p>It&#x27;s unfair, because big brands don&#x27;t have to do anything for these benefits, but that&#x27;s the way it is. Buying niche products makes DIY repairs a lot harder.