I have my phone backed up to my Mac. I have my Mac (including my local iCloud Drive folder) backed up to an external drive and an online service. It's not that difficult.
And I don't even run a "tech consulting firm" lol.
This is kind of stupid. Of course you can't repair the bloody thing. If it were fully and easily repairable, it would be five times the size, and then we'd all be bitc... uh... griping about that. It's dispos... uh... recyclable. Get over it.