What about battery, ram and storage in laptops?

Right to repair doesn’t mean you can.

Right to repair means you have access to the parts and software tools needed to do the repair. So for Apple, that would mean battery, RAM, and storage modules, plus any software needed to pair things.

So if you don’t have the skills or equipment to repair your laptop yourself, you could at least go to a selection of independent repair shops that do.

That would be great. But Apple has fused all these things together on the motherboard so that … well … they can only be replace outright vs repaired.

I don’t mind cpu / mobo fusing but storage and ram is just a kick in the ass. It really is a shame.

Things that are soldered can be desoldered and replaced, provided the parts are available. And soldering them to the board has benefits:

• RAM - higher performance because chips are closer to the CPU
• storage - space efficiency

I personally would rather have a slightly thicker laptop and get user replaceable NVMe drives, and memory performance isn’t super critical for me, but as long as the parts are available on the market for a reasonable price, I’m satisfied as far as repairability goes.