Those who take their Samsung Galaxy device to a repair store may get it back in pieces, since Samsung forces service providers under certain conditions to disassemble devices instead of repairing them, and to send the customer's personal data to the company. iFixit is therefore ending its cooperation with Samsung.
“…prohibits repair stores from repairing components on the mainboard. Instead, the entire component must be replaced…”
A flagrant disregard for the costs of e-waste on the environment. What a surprise.
Not to mention data recovery