In the U.S., to a large degree, when someone says something can’t be fixed, what they really mean is it’s not worth the labor cost to fix something compared to simply buying a new one.
I tell customers this all the time when they bring me old, broken or failing PCs or laptops. Sometimes newer, out-of-warranty devices are worth fixing. It’s kind of sad, really. But we live in a throw-away society, and the pace of electronics innovation is such that a failed or failing device is often a good excuse to buy the latest and greatest one.
You’re right. Then too, when buying a device you always wonder when the next generation is coming out. It’s really a “racket.” Not to mention planned obsolescence, as well as the item that has a cash cow requirement (like ink for copy machines).