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Aging Airpods...
bd139:
I'm relatively rational when it comes to this stuff. I will never buy AirPods here even though I've got piles of Apple stuff in the house and like it. Why?
1. My sister has one AirPod. The other is in a hedge somewhere.
2. Wires stop one of them falling down the toilet. They're like the chain on the pens in the bank. It's a feature.
3. They're really expensive. I don't mind paying money for something that lasts but for me that's the pair of Sennheiser HD25's I've had for nearly 20 years.
4. More things that need charging and more battery anxiety.
5. It's clear they are disposable. Same as the Apple watch. Smaller the item, the higher the integration.
To note, I don't know why people complain that Apple products are not repairable. They are. I've repaired many Apple devices over the years with no problems at all. I've got Apple to repair them. But with all things, that only works down to a certain integration level.
And on the recycling front, if you walk into an Apple Store these days they will give you credit for stuff you return and will recycle it themselves.
Plus, read this: https://www.apple.com/euro/environment/pdf/g/generic/Apple_Environmental_Responsibility_Report_2018.pdf
But again with all this, I won't buy AirPods.
madires:
overpriced product + planned obsolescence = even more profit
madires:
--- Quote from: bd139 on March 26, 2019, 11:00:41 am ---And on the recycling front, if you walk into an Apple Store these days they will give you credit for stuff you return and will recycle it themselves.
Plus, read this: https://www.apple.com/euro/environment/pdf/g/generic/Apple_Environmental_Responsibility_Report_2018.pdf
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Apple Forces Recyclers to Shred All iPhones and MacBooks: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/yp73jw/apple-recycling-iphones-macbooks
apis:
--- Quote from: rdl on March 26, 2019, 04:16:42 am ---Non-replaceable batteries are stupid and should be illegal.
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Yes it should, it's such a waste. You shouldn't be allowed to make it harder to repair things or replace parts.
bd139:
--- Quote from: apis on March 26, 2019, 11:54:08 am ---
--- Quote from: rdl on March 26, 2019, 04:16:42 am ---Non-replaceable batteries are stupid and should be illegal.
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Yes it should, it's such a waste. You shouldn't be allowed to make it harder to repair things or replace parts.
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How do you make smaller, more efficent things without sacrificing repair?
--- Quote from: madires on March 26, 2019, 11:20:45 am ---
--- Quote from: bd139 on March 26, 2019, 11:00:41 am ---And on the recycling front, if you walk into an Apple Store these days they will give you credit for stuff you return and will recycle it themselves.
Plus, read this: https://www.apple.com/euro/environment/pdf/g/generic/Apple_Environmental_Responsibility_Report_2018.pdf
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Apple Forces Recyclers to Shred All iPhones and MacBooks: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/yp73jw/apple-recycling-iphones-macbooks
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Apple can't force anyone to do shit. This is the recyclers bending over. The reason they want to control the recycling is to keep all the frankendevices off the market which are a pile of shit to deal with even if you're a third party repairer. So you go in CEX here in the UK and buy an iPhone. Who knows what you get? Probably a write off with a trivial repair. Heard a lot of horror stories there.
Also they are aiming for closed loop manufacturing and device rental at some point in the future. I don't have a problem with that. They're selling convenience.
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