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Apple letting people know how they're championing environmental initiatives, all while their high horse is shitting out earpods and other disposable electronics
by lizardactivist 4y ago
Apple letting people know how they're championing environmental initiatives, all while their high horse is shitting out earpods and other disposable electronics at inflated prices like there's no tomorrow unless the billions roll in.
- adamwk 4y agoAre you talking about AirPods? Everyone I know (myself included) keeps theirs longer than most people keep phones
- CivBase 4y agoMost pairs of cheap earbuds I own are older than the AirPods have been around.
- JaggerJo 4y agoHave my first pair still in use.
- amelius 4y agoHow long you keep them is only one side of the story. The other side is how often you buy stuff. You could make an argument that the average person buys more electronics because Apple started pushing it to the market.
- esskay 4y agoSounds like your solution here is that companies should stop making products all together...
- threeseed 4y ago> You could make an argument You can make any argument you like. Far-fetched though to imply that Apple is solely responsible for defining the spending patterns of billions of people.
- kuramitropolis 4y ago>Far-fetched though to imply that Apple is solely responsible for defining the spending patterns of billions of people. How is it far-fetched? Smartphones, app stores, subscription services, gig economy, all fundamentally Apple's fault.
- esskay 4y agoAirpods is probably the worst example of a disposable product. Still rocking my day 1 Pro's, meanwhile all those cheap crappy budget ones from other companies will have already been in a landfill for a couple of years by now.
- smoldesu 4y agoMy dad is still wearing the Galaxy Buds I bought 3 years ago at launch. They still work, but the battery is fairly shot after ~800 charging cycles. Much like your Airpods after they die, these perfectly-usable headphones will go in a dumpster because they weren't designed to be repaired or used without batteries. True wireless headphones are nice products, and I share your enjoyment of them. Let's pressure all companies to design their products so we can use them even more than 3 years after they launched.