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There are a few interesting things you say here. I won’t comment on the others, but the e-waste one is a valid point. I wonder how many more of these have sold

• doublerabbit 5y ago
  And to add, how long will it last until Apple forces you to upgrade your iDevice because "it's not compatible with this version. Not like that's ever happened before.
  • photojosh 5y ago
    We have plenty of history here... so the answer is "somewhere around 5 years". Example: iPhone 6. Released 2014, last sold 2016, lost new OS support in 2019. It's the newest iPhone that isn't compatible with AirTags. And with AirPod Pro and Pro Max you can only use it with regular Bluetooth, not the enhanced Apple proprietary version. AFAICT the 6 to 6S upgrade involved doubling the RAM from 1 to 2GB, and the CPU improvement was almost doubled (+70%). The pace of raw improvement has slowed a great deal since then.
• mackrevinack 5y ago
  even just the battery waste alone will be insane. the coin cell batteries only last a year and they are non-rechargeable so if someone gets their first airtag in their teens and uses it throughout their life then that's at least 40+ batteries. its kind of nuts when you think about how many people will end up using these hopefully they would be recycled in some responsible way but thats wishful thinking. future archeologists will have a interesting time figuring out why there is such a dense layer of coin cell batteries on top of a layer of fidget spinners