Podswap: Keep airpods alive and out of the landfill
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Podswap: Keep airpods alive and out of the landfill
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Re: Podswap: Keep airpods alive and out of the landfill
#2As someone who gets a ridiculous amount of use out of their pods, I really hope this business pans out. I think the product is great, but batteries are consumable products. In fact, I would hope that one day it would be mandatory to offer battery replacements for all products you sell. (Do correct me if I'm wrong, I don't think Apple currently does this for pods?)
Re: Podswap: Keep airpods alive and out of the landfill
#3I am pro refurbishing/reusing and having less waste but its hard to care about tiny airpods being tossed.
Maybe they test the message and it resonated better than "Airpods should last longer than your last relationship" or "1 trick that Apple hates"
etc.
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Re: Podswap: Keep airpods alive and out of the landfill
#5So you're paying $60 to get your earbuds replaced, but you can't use the service if they have any external/cosmetic damage. Something here doesn't add up, is this just because Airpods don't have replaceable batteries?
Re: Podswap: Keep airpods alive and out of the landfill
#6As someone who gets a ridiculous amount of use out of their pods, I really hope this business pans out. I think the product is great, but batteries are consumable products. In fact, I would hope that one day it would be mandatory to offer battery replacements for all products you sell. (Do correct me if I'm wrong, I don't think Apple currently does this for pods?)
what's frustrating is that while batteries are consumable products they could last much longer if they stay between 80 and 20% capacity without overheating. (this is similar to what tesla does) I wish there was a "battery care" settings on all electronics that would respect limits like this so that I could get thousands of cycles out of my devices instead of only Apple has added a feature which tries to do this intelligently to some extent but it's not the best at guessing what my needs are.
The majority of the time I do not need max or even half of max battery life from my devices. airpods I only use for an hour or two at a time for example and my phone is usually close to a charger.
Re: Podswap: Keep airpods alive and out of the landfill
#7So you're paying $60 to get your earbuds replaced, but you can't use the service if they have any external/cosmetic damage. Something here doesn't add up, is this just because Airpods don't have replaceable batteries?
Exactly. If the user could just do it you wouldn’t need this service.
Re: Podswap: Keep airpods alive and out of the landfill
#8Why do we need a separate business for this?
Apple should be made to pay for it.
If anyone finds an Airpod on the street or in trash/landfills, they should be able to take it to the nearest Apple store or mail it and get 20-40$ back for it.
This should be the law for _all_ and any products, not just electronics. Large corporations have cleverly shifted the responsibility of recycling on the consumer, while they get to reap all the profits and benefits. This was recently well explained in a John Oliver segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fiu9GSOmt8E
Re: Podswap: Keep airpods alive and out of the landfill
#9So you're paying $60 to get your earbuds replaced, but you can't use the service if they have any external/cosmetic damage. Something here doesn't add up, is this just because Airpods don't have replaceable batteries?
Yes, your alternative is to buy new AirPods from Apple at $70 each ($140 for a pair) when the battery life becomes a problem.
Re: Podswap: Keep airpods alive and out of the landfill
#10I've heard, anecdotally, of people losing their airpods often. I haven't yet, but curious how common that problem is?