• abhibeckert@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    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.

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      2 months ago

      I’m looking at waterproof bone conduction headphones to use in the hot tub, clearly you like yours, are they waterproof too?

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        2 months ago

        I find it funny that people seek special overpriced “bone conducting” earbuds when they already normally do that when sounds vibrate your fucking ear drums.