I mean, there are two reasons that you want to swap batteries.

1. So that the device doesn't die. This is what OP is worried about. This probably takes years and years of use, though (unless you leave the thing discharged for a long time).

2. So that you can use the controller wirelessly (say, in a living room, so people don't trip over a cord) and also charge its batteries. For most people, I'd think that this isn't a huge problem

I mean, my controllers with lithium batteries last way longer than I would stay awake on a full charge, and next time I use them, they're charged. I normally run my controllers wired for better latency and not having to care about charge, but there are people who do have a legit need for wireless. However, I can think of some exotic cases where it would be necessary. Think of, say, a rec room on a ship or something with shifts of people who are constantly using the thing, where there's no time to recharge (though then, I think you could just get a second controller or something, swap out the one charging for the one in use). The XBox controller did the AA battery thing, and I have a Logitech F710 that does this. Makes a controller heavier than lithium batteries do, though, produces a shorter battery life relative to the weight, and places some constraints on the layout of the controller (since you need to have the volume to stick the batteries in.

For #1, yeah, the idea of taking off a screw after 10 years or something being prohibitive is pretty absurd.

But if someone is just wanting to do the "simultaneous charge and use" thing, #2, then the screw is an issue, because you'd need to do that every, say, two days or so.

Suck my dick, Nazi mod.