I'd like to share my experience and thoughts with my steam deck and replacement.
These machines are badly build and quickly produced. I had one where the screen won't turn on at all (no fault of my own) after two months of use. Steam replaced it for me and now the replacement has the left handle plastic sticking out. I thought I won't mind it, but when it starts to scratch the skin off, that's not good.
Opened a ticket with Steam regarding this. They admitted it was “damaged” but said it was “Minor” and “Cosmetic”, and are refusing to replace it as it doesn't cover the warranty even though it wasn't used. I have now responded, saying I would need to use sandpaper to sand down the edges and that it would probably ruin the side of it. I followed by up saying would it still be under warranty if I do this. Awaiting a response.
I'd reckon, give it a year and there are going to be a lot of folks with a lot of problems. It's Probably why they decided to go with ifix it for this reason.