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This was a really great environmentally friendly move, even if it wasn't intentional. Usually my unboxing ritual for a new iPhone is to take out the horribly un

• jedberg 6y ago
  If you care about the environment, why don't you donate the headphones to someone who does use them but had their break?
  • mullingitover 6y ago
    I've only met one person who actually expressed satisfaction with Apple's wired ear buds, and he made sure to keep them. Aside from that one guy, most people I talk to on the subject do the same thing I do and dispose of them. To elaborate on why they're bad: - They fit poorly - Their sound quality is terrible (likely due to the bad fit and resulting lack of sound isolation) - Most importantly, they're physically painful to me after about five minutes of wear, like shoving a brick in my ear. Same reason I was shocked when AirPods took off, because they're the same shape and the same awful fit
    • jedberg 6y ago
      > Most importantly, they're physically painful to me after about five minutes of wear, like shoving a brick in my ear. Same reason I was shocked when AirPods took off, because they're the same shape and the same awful fit The AirPods really do hurt like the EarPods, but I followed some instructions[0] to make them better and now I can wear them for hours. [0] https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/airpods-poor-fit-fixed.2072773/ https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/airpods-poor-fit-fixed....