This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
Surprised the title didn't say, "Apple slammed for ear pods that are designed to die".
Gluing components together so it's not easy/impossible to repair is different to 'designing to die'. In my opinion designed to die suggests the ear pods will die prematurely due to intentional design decisions. Gluing components together just means that when the ear pods die, then they cannot be brought back to life and you have to replace them.
Kinda off-topic but their charging cables are actually designed to die. Not that people care..
All that and they didn’t give one example of wireless earbuds that have user swappable batteries.
Fairphone Fairbuds?
I wish, my problem is those doohickeys on the end there hurt my ears, and the only half-decent company that isn't a walmart airpod knockoff that also isn't skullcandy shaped like those is airpods themselves. Can ANYONE good please make earbuds that don't have the buttplug on them?
I don't know if Xiaomi could be considered good but their buds 4 lite are very pleasant to wear. No noise cancelation and relatively low volume tho, but these are the only down sides IMO.
The alternative is getting custom made othoplastics. These are the absolute banger for people with weird ear canals.
Repairable earbuds are now here, so that's pretty cool. https://shop.fairphone.com/fairbuds
It's not for me because I like wired but it's much better than apples.
Ugh. Gross I hate the in ear canal things. Absolutely the worst.
My problème is that all the non apple ear phones wireless suck. Iike the plain basic airpods for the ear fit. Not because apple.
Ugh, i hate people that think only their view of the world is valid.
I don't agree with them, but I also didnt read that they thought others weren't valid. They seemed like they were just expressing that this isn't a good option for them (or people like them)
Yeah relax with this agression or we gonna have Reddit all over again
Yeah, you might be right.
Yeah maybe they are just talking from there perspective, but its so assuming, it just strikes me the wrong way.
Downvotes shall list better headphones.
I myself have not found a better solution.
I like apple headphones and i settled on similar shaped non-apple brand at a fraction af the price, but it is lower in quality compared to apple. Microphone is crap and I stopped trying to use it. Headphones level is good at low level and high level sound reproduction, but it is not as accurate as apple.
In the end the trade off is worth it to me for the price, but i will not claim at is better.
So, bring on your alternative and price of it.
How are Apple’s AirPods not “in ear canal things”?
I think they mean without a eartip. The airpod pro’s have them but all their other earbuds do not have eartips.
I’ve got the 3rd gen and it’s lasted at least 3 years now.
It’s really nice to see what this community has to offer on lemmy. I quit Reddit because I refuse to use the Reddit app. I really do like the comments more than Reddit, and I’m a wannabe techno savvy Linux pro but I’m still working on basic motivation. Therapy included.
I’ve got Linux on Debian cause I needed the stability to handle my instability, I’ve read through the Linux command line and fell in love with emacs, and all I do on my pc is write, now. And pay bills, but that’s just Firefox. “Just the internet,” lol. It’s hard to try to contain, so I write.
Hope I don’t get banned for irrelevance. No hate here. Just rambling through.
This is how to comment effectively on Lemmy.
If you post about an Apple product working reasonably, in order to counteract the confirmation bias downvotes, you are required to supply two paragraphs praising Linux.
Hahaha true.
I also like the Airpods Pro :) I even rebought them, when I lost them. Only apple item I ever owned. But the fit is awesome and they never hurt. I could wear them all day. And battery lifetime is probably as long as the one of a smartphone battery.
In less than two years, the rechargeable lithium-ion battery found in your AirPods is due to die an untimely death.
Bullshit. I got four years out of each of my pairs and I used them several hours a day. Also replacing the battery when it does wear out is is something like 50 bucks. Sure, you can't do it yourself but Apple will give you a refurbished pair, and they will recycle your old battery.
And they provide free recycling for all their products — you're basically paying for it to be recycled when you buy AirPods and any that go into landfill that's entirely the customer's fault.
No wired headphones I've ever owned lasted even close to that long - the cable eventually fails with several hours per day of swinging around and being packed tightly into your pocket.
That said, I've switched to bone conduction headphones now, and will probably never own another pair of airpods unless they go down the same path.
This reads so much like Apple marketing talk. Just call any criticism bullshit and let the anectodes and fanboys circlejerk. Add "Apple also gives cuddly gifts to kids sometimes", and you're golden.
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It's not marketing talk if you know 5+ people and noone has problems with their battery after two years.
5 samples is still anecdotal. There is no statistical significance there.
Sure, but then it's still worth more than this article lol
Here is what you should know: never ever buy a shit product
