Anyone who's worked on electronics know the frustration of the "easy to insert, hard as hell to remove" type fasteners that manufacturers insist on using. Basically the exact same principle as this. Plenty of plastic casing fasteners and super tiny and delicate connectors are built like that. If something goes wrong during disassembly, at best you'll have an unsightly crack or blemish on the casing, at worst you rip an internal connector and its socket right off the circuit board along with some traces, destroying it. And getting frustrated exponentially increases the chances you'll break something.

[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

"I'll just pop off this U.FL antenna connector...and its socket too I guess..."

[–] HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I've accidentally peeled like an inch of copper traces off the PCB too, when the pads are attached strongly enough (or the copper is adhered weakly enough? Not sure which). Way worse feeling than nails on a chalkboard, RIP device.