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Agreed that for-profit relationships are inappropriate, and I also think iFixit’s business selling repair tools and parts is inappropriate. The whole thing comes across as self-promotion for their tools/parts business. Add in their dabbling in lobbying for regulations to force manufacturers to make devices that you can buy ifixit (and other) kits for… and it starts to feel as disingenuous as Epic’s “pro-consumer” int…
Unfortunately finding high quality repair tools for these class of devices is very hard, and iFixit provides pretty high quality sets with great reusability. While working on small screws like torque or pentalobe, you either have crappy drivers or Wera. iFixit is the provider of "good but not Wera" class tools which most DIYers and even professionals can use without any problems. Wera is "The Purveyor of Top Notch To…
Allen wrenches are easier to screw up than you might think, but you can usually find some with a cut end rather than a sheared end if you look. Get into Torx, and you still have choices in the sizes used for construction screws. Get beyond that and you've got very little.
iFixit fills that void. You're ordering anyway, and it's nice to have some options that are quality without being super expensive professional grade. Like, I'll use a pentalobe screwdriver a couple times in my life. I need it to work, but it doesn't have to be Wera levels of good or ergonomic. Interchangeable bits are totally ok for my use case; I don't need dedicated drivers in every size.