Soldato
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Everything is all sealed units these days. New screen means new top case and bezel + all associated camera/wifi gubbins. Need a key replacing on a keyboard? That'll be a whole new palm rest, trackpad, battery and I believe a speaker or two as well. In fact I think the only thing they transfer is the board.
I know this because the board is the only original part of my 2016 MBP work machine after two hardware calls (replacement LCD and a single key fault).
Nah not quite
You are mostly right but they don't just swop the Logicboard. A Display Clamshell would not need a new top case. The webcam is just a horizontal connector connected onto the Logicboard directly from the webcam (which comes from the clamshell too). The keyboard however you're correct as the whole top casing needs replacing as this has the embedded battery and trackpad is under that. BUT! There are a lot of cases where a key can be replaced easily without. Speakers are separate though.