I think “everyone” (us nerds) are waiting to see what Apple’s pricing will look like…
I think Apple is just going through the motions to make themselves appear to be doing the “right thing” given the mounting pressure for “Right to Repair” over in the US at the moment.
Whilst it’s a move in the right direction - allowing people to buy genuine parts (and where required - tools) - what they need to do is stop 2 things: gluing things, and using privacy as an excuse to make closed systems.
I know that historically, the US government pushed heavily on phone manufacturers to make their devices less desirable for thieves… and that has probably played a big part in the whole “if you remove X from this device, it’ll never work properly again…” But that’s become an excuse for making HDDs non replaceable, for example.
Once you make a computer no longer upgradable in terms of RAM and HDD, you’re limiting its life. I’ve got 3 computers here in my house right now that are 8 - 12 years old that I’m putting new drives in, and possibly increasing the RAM too, extending their life even more than the good run they’ve already had.