maybe since almost everything is smd it's going to force people out of their comfort zones and make them buy more expensive soldering tools in order to repair these things. I don't think everyone is going to drop 1+k on fancy soldering tools, but almost anyone can buy a crappy pencil iron from sears for 5 bucks. this is one of the many reason's I believe it will be more difficult. less people trying to fix the items, leads to less communication on said fixes. I bought a couple of fancy tools, but I'm no where close to being ready to tackle one of those boards.