Does iFixit still post the traditional photo-slideshow teardowns? Their videos are fine but it’s easier to study the still images.

Good news.

Also -

Can anyone imagine what the impacts might be if Apple “Sherlocked” iFixIt and reviewers, and did teardowns, battery tests, etc. themselves?

Don't know if this par for iFixit, but this sort of reads like an ad. To be fair, it sounds like the phone is not too bad in repairability. We should also have scores for software repairability and replacement.

I so desperately miss iFixIt’s older style pure text and picture only teardowns.

The real question is how many parts have been serialised and impossible to replace without Apple's proprietary software? Will there be a large parts aftermarket?