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Originally Posted by Kurona

From what I can make out, your argument is that this is happening because the joint is thinner? I don't really think it's -so- small as to be an issue without QC issues, though.

Yes.
To be precise:
the joint's components, since they split the actual joint into 2 components.

So, you're placing the new joint system in the lower hierarchy of culprits, below manufacturing issues and QC issues?

As far as I know, you CANNOT make something smaller & more complex without INCREASING FRAGILITY.
ALL materials have their strength LIMIT.
All materials, no exception.
Even POM plastics, the time tested industrial material that can be considered THE toughest of all plastics, have its limit.
Basically, they use up all the material's strength, pushing it closer to its fatigue limit.
The new joint system has no REDUNDANCY in strength.
Redundancy is, from risk management standpoint, your only INSURANCE against total failure.

Using this reasoning, THE ultimate rational question to ask is:
"What is the WORST CASE SCENARIO (aka WHAT'S THE WORST THING THAT WILL HAPPEN) when the material DO reach its strength limit?"

The answer is clear:
TOTAL STRUCTURAL COLLAPSE.

Perhaps you can Google the term "fragility detection"?