Surface mount components arent mush harder to replace than through-hole.
Of course, some exceptions would be the ICs, and I'm sure there are a metric ---steaming pile of meadow muffin----ton of them on the boards.
But smaller parts like resistors, caps, LEDs, etc...just require a more delicate tough and maybe some tweezers.
Good news is that those parts are often much cheaper and much easier to warehouse than older through-hole parts.
I assume the connectors are still through hole, even if to just use the board as a foundation to keep it solid after plugging and unplugging mulitiple times.