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It's such a racket. My 3 year old phone is perfect except for the battery. I remember back in the day I could pop open my case with my thumbnail and the battery was just sitting there ready to swap. Nowadays that process involves specialized tools and heating pads to melt glue. I'm hopeful that the industry is trending toward removable batteries again, but that's still years away.
No, you absolutely do not need a heat gun and special tools for like 95% of phones. You can use a multi screwdriver kit, spirit/alcohol and T-7000 glue, all of which cost together under $20. Alcohol to dissolve the glue beneath the sticky pull tabs/glue that phonemaker put for battery, and T-7000 glue to repaste the unibody back cover. This covers basically every phone ever made.
I did love my removable battery phones, but this is purely misinformation spread out of lost convenience for something you need to do once in 2-3 years.
Heat guns aren't even all that expensive. I got a really nice one for like $100.
I am giving advice to people emotional about their removable batteries, and that will find more money spending as an excuse to justify their whining. Not spending $10-15 makes them look bad, $100 gets a bit expensive. Most of these people whining are either students with no income, or "enthusiasts" who want a Mate S23 Ultra Plus Pro Max secondhand for $200.
Fair enough.