>I'm placing a much higher bar yes, but don't you believe it's a very low bar that should be a legal requirement?
I don't. I want my phone to be reliable and receive updates for a long time. I have no intention of taking it apart and I think that is the case for most people.
If more glue makes the phone more resistant to water damage or breakage when I drop it then that is better for me.
> I want my phone to be reliable and receive updates for a long time.
The only way to ensure that if to publish the complete datasheets so that operating systems can maintain drivers. You cannot rely on a hardware manufacturer to provide updates, as it could go out of business any day.
> If more glue makes the phone more resistant to water damage or breakage when I drop it then that is better for me.
There's plenty of hardware design techniques (disclaimer: not my field) you can use for structural integrity and you don't need glue. Even if you don't have intention to take it apart, if it's glued it probably means that it will be really hard to replace the battery when it dies after 2-5 years.
If you want durable hardware, you need hardware that you (or a skilled shopperson) can take apart and where you can replace individual parts. That's why cars can 100% be taken down and why electronics in cars (over 100 microprocessors in an average car?!) are a worrying development for maintainability/durability.
I don't. I want my phone to be reliable and receive updates for a long time. I have no intention of taking it apart and I think that is the case for most people.
If more glue makes the phone more resistant to water damage or breakage when I drop it then that is better for me.