It seems like a critique of the airpods, but it claims to be a general critique of consumerism. So far, Apple has not sold a single pair and it would not be the

It seems like a critique of the airpods, but it claims to be a general critique of consumerism. So far, Apple has not sold a single pair and it would not be the first Apple accessory to get rejected by the market. The airpods might turn out to be more of an example of reason prevailing than of consumerism. (If this happens, I would blame part of it on the tactical decision to announce the airpods alongside the removal of the headphone jack. If those had been spread out over an iPhone generation or two, the airpods would have been met with a lot less hostility. Or maybe this was the plan, make people vent all their steam on the airpods while happily plugging into the lightning port?)