Except if the environmental cost wasn't externalized it would be unfeasible to not do component level repair at scale.
Another aspect to this is that it board repairs could be made significantly easier if companies bothered designing boards with proper test points and expected values documented in a diagnostics manual. Just take a look at how old school oscilloscopes and other test equipment was designed with not only full schematics but well defined diagnosis procedures.
Another aspect to this is that it board repairs could be made significantly easier if companies bothered designing boards with proper test points and expected values documented in a diagnostics manual. Just take a look at how old school oscilloscopes and other test equipment was designed with not only full schematics but well defined diagnosis procedures.