Eh. Ribbon cables in particular are one of those things that are super easy to install, but not to remove. For a robot it is trivial. But even for a human, you just need to connect them and then close the clamshell. The reason why they suck for repairs is that you tend to need a bit of force to pry apart the two halves of the device. But too much force and you break the ribbon cable

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As for repair costs? That is already noise as far as all the premium plans go and you can very much reduce effective costs by just fully replacing modules. Break the ribbon cable? The refurb department can do the repairs back at the nearest factory.

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Once you know what you are doing, it is pretty easy to apply just enough force to break the friction of the glue you pried through or deal with the clips without tearing the cable. But just look at all the people who lose their god damned minds over taking apart a nintendo joycon.

Hell, I've been doing my own repairs/mods for literally decades. And my butthole still puckers ever so slightly when dealing with stuff like this. Same as seating ram on a mobo.