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		LeoPanthera on Oct 19, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple's “Disposable and Unfixable” Airpods [video] But you're missing part zero: Fit all these objects in your ears, comfortably, without them weighing too much or sacrificing on sound quality. I think it is arcana, because there's no real competition to the AirPods, all other similar products are huge and ugly, or have terrible battery life, or terrible bluetooth, or some combination.

AnthonyMouse on Oct 19, 2020 [–]

It's hard to design a good Bluetooth radio, or a good battery etc. It's not hard to screw them together.

But Apple makes the individual parts themselves and won't sell them to anybody else.

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