I’ve just finished getting my laptop set up the way I like it, including maximising the RAM and upgrading the screen. I opened it up to use it, and the screws on the hinge tore through the plastic.
To top it off, the plastic on the bottom of the laptop, the side that’s been removed here, has also broken.
My wife definitely didn’t drop the laptop while she was tidying up though…
Could be sacrificial because the plastic case is cheaper/easier to replace than whatever else would break instead of it were stronger.
Probably more so cheaper to mold the plastic case with weak threads than any other function.