There was nothing stopping you (and others) getting the battery swapped previously for a fraction of the price of a new device.
replyYeah this is what I don’t get. People are actually blowing hundreds of dollars on new phones rather than having Apple (not the cheapest option certainly) replace the battery for $89
replyYeah and it'll likely cost the same for the majority of people who won't bother replacing them at home.
reply> Every single Pixel upgrade I made - every single one
replyYou make it sound like a large number. I’m keeping iPhones for 4 years now and upgrading because of cameras. Are pixels really that bad?