I have really mixed feelings about this. I abhor products that can't be opened, tinkered with, and fixed. But then again, I get most of my stuff at the dump, so my voice in the marketplace isn't really a valuable one. (And if everyone did like I did, there'd be no old stuff to play with.)
I'd rather see educated consumers holding manufacturers to account...by not buying their products. But obviously people love their iPhones and MacBook Airs (Macbooks Air?) and who is the government to tell them they can't pay what they like for the stuff they like?
I have mixed feelings about it too...so much so that I'm considering doing another post on it...stay tuned.