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Did you even open an iPhone? Frankly speaking, if they didn't have special screws and removed a few of the glued parts it would be more than a reasonable compromise to have to deal with their current connectors to replace a battery. The problem is that even if you have the proper screwdriver you'll have to deal with glued stuff that won't come out easily and sourcing batteries isn't easy.
"User replaceable" can be different from "open a back case with your finger and pop the battery out". I believe if Apple did something like: remove 2 phillips screws from the bottom of the phone and then the back/front comes out (without single-use adhesives) and a battery hold in place by two other screws and one more for the current power conector it would be "user replaceable" enough for most people and situations. This would be simple changes to their current design that wouldn't, most likely, require a change to the thickness of the phone nor a complete internal redesign while delivering a very huge improvement in repairability.
Dude, Apple uses pull-tabs; their batteries aren’t practically fused to the phone’s chassis like Samsung’s.
By your standard then, Apple already has user-replaceable batteries.
If it requires a pile of proprietary and special hardware, custom made screw drivers and extras al shipped to you it isn't my definition of user-replaceable. And me remind you that whatever Apple is providing now was the result of the effort of multiple people pressuring the US govt. to get something, not their first approach.
Now you’re moving the goalposts. Apple gives users the same tools to open the case and swap the battery that they give to their own stores, and predictably people still complain regardless.