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This is a link post The Death of Airpods I made this!
EDIT: I MADE IT TO THE NEWSLETTER! :-D THANKS B3TA!

An animation about Apple's airpods and their chances of being repaired or recycled. Not judging you if you own a pair. Please watch / like / share if you like it.
(I helped save b3ta! rowlification ima ha ima, Mon 19 Aug 2019, 16:42, , Reply)
This is a normal post I think they look pretty hideous in and out of the ear too
And a bit cheap looking.
Does that make me posh?
 (I helped save b3ta! gaijintendo Regular Member, Mon 19 Aug 2019, 18:09, , Reply)
This is a normal post Not as posh as you might have hoped I fear
Seems to be a bit hit or miss with how they look on people but I reckon they look a bit crap half the time. People love them though, I didn't want to slag off people that wear airpods, I just wanted to help make people aware of the shitty way in which Apple deliberately make them impossible to repair or recycle by third parties
 (I helped save b3ta! rowlification ima ha ima, Mon 19 Aug 2019, 20:39, , Reply)
This is a normal post I've always thought of him as Ginger rather than Posh.

(I helped save b3ta! Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Mon 19 Aug 2019, 20:47, , Reply)
This is a normal post How do you mean?
More drunken sex than world domination?
 (I helped save b3ta! rowlification ima ha ima, Mon 19 Aug 2019, 20:50, , Reply)
This is a normal post Less pout, more gobshite.

(I helped save b3ta! Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Mon 19 Aug 2019, 20:54, , Reply)
This is a normal post Och noo the aye

(I helped save b3ta! gaijintendo Regular Member, Mon 19 Aug 2019, 21:16, , Reply)
This is a normal post
After years and years of iPods, iPhones, iPads and more recently Macs doing exactly the same thing, airpods seem an odd target for this.

Also I look on airpods as a quick marker of the gullible. If you're going to be spending £140 on disposable earphones, then maybe you should have a word with yourself.
 (I helped save b3ta! evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Mon 19 Aug 2019, 22:03, , Reply)
This is a normal post I see what you mean but...
of all of them airpods are the only ones you have to cut open in a really messy dangerous way just to get to their electronics
 (I helped save b3ta! rowlification ima ha ima, Tue 20 Aug 2019, 11:24, , Reply)
This is a normal post Conflated
Clip isnt against airpods but all electronics. Needs some abstraction into a issue
 (PlasmidVector, Mon 19 Aug 2019, 23:40, , Reply)
This is a normal post see also coffee pods
Sure, they don't have lithium and cobalt in them, but 56 billion bits of carefully badly designed mixed plastic and metal will go in to landfill this year alone
Yay for humans, they're great!
 (I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Tue 20 Aug 2019, 8:00, , Reply)
This is a normal post instead of just buying bags of coffee
Remember Juicero?
 (horrid, Tue 20 Aug 2019, 10:05, , Reply)
This is a normal post The Death of Coffepods
The sequel!
 (I helped save b3ta! rowlification ima ha ima, Tue 20 Aug 2019, 11:23, , Reply)
This is a normal post I think you're brilliant btw
Happy Toast - whenever something really good turns up on here it's very often you : )
 (I helped save b3ta! rowlification ima ha ima, Tue 20 Aug 2019, 12:50, , Reply)
This is a normal post *Dies from flattery*
too kind :)
 (I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Tue 20 Aug 2019, 16:59, , Reply)
This is a normal post Sort of..
The new ones are recyclable.
 (I helped save b3ta! DinivanX Has stinging piss after drinking Pact Coffee, Tue 20 Aug 2019, 17:26, , Reply)
This is a normal post Use gastropods

(I helped save b3ta! Mudface The web isn't callipygian, Tue 20 Aug 2019, 9:28, , Reply)
This is a normal post I am gutted
that these aren't on general sale.
 (I helped save b3ta! pineapplecharm D d M Y, H:i, Tue 20 Aug 2019, 10:24, , Reply)
This is a normal post Just use the real thing.
Slime and earwax have perfect acoustic properties when mixed together
 (I helped save b3ta! Mudface The web isn't callipygian, Tue 20 Aug 2019, 12:32, , Reply)
This is a normal post horrific
good idea though : )
 (I helped save b3ta! rowlification ima ha ima, Tue 20 Aug 2019, 11:25, , Reply)
This is a normal post look at me!

(I helped save b3ta! Turboesprit Volume knob, Tue 20 Aug 2019, 17:35, , Reply)
This is a normal post The Evil Fuckers do this on Purpose
Notes on Replacing the keyboard on a MacBook Pro Retina 2015 (A1398)

This is of course a pretty straightforward repair, right? After all keyboards are replaced routinely in most models. So on most laptops we’d think maybe 15 minutes should cover the labour. Not even close.

The keyboard is held in place with rivets, lots of them, 105 I think. The have to be ripped out which destroys the keyboard, but at least that’s already broken. These will be replaced with 105 small self tapping screws which you can buy for just this purpose.

It’s not over just yet though. To get to all the rivets you also need to remove the battery, which is a multi-section Lithium-ion job and of course it’s glued in place with super strong adhesive. If you are lucky to prise this out in one piece without it exploding in your face you are good to go. In all this shouldn’t take more than a couple of hours, and there is only a small-to-medium risk of you terminally damaging the battery or chassis in the process of carrying out the repair.

I’m now going to choose my words carefully as Apple has lots of lawyers and they are mean and vicious.

Apple: WTF ARE YOU DOING YOU STUPID F***S.

Since when did a keyboard become a non-replaceable part in a laptop? Are you really telling us that a slip of the prosecco glass means a trip down to the Apple store to buy a replacement £2700 laptop?

Designing laptops that can be serviced isn’t hard – until recently Apple’s batteries were secured by screws, and even Apple’s notorious keyboard-of-a-thousand screws was replaceable without causing physical damage to components if you were prepared to put up with the swearing from the workshop techs. It’s almost as if you were purposely designing laptops that are as hard to repair as you could possibly make them. Which I have to conclude is exactly what you are doing.
 (strongp, Tue 20 Aug 2019, 10:58, , Reply)
This is a normal post Excellently put
I've been following all the shit they've done to macbooks - which is why mine is about six years old when normally I'd have replaced it after four years. Aside from the horrendous keyboard shit - and let's not forget that the keyboard you describe can break with not so much more than a biscuit crumb in the wrong place - there is also

flexgate - display cable for monitor so short that after just over one year it breaks and fucks the display. Unlike in previous models you cant just replace the cable for a few pounds, no the cable is built into the display in such a way that you can only fix this by getting a new display - which costs $600
 (I helped save b3ta! rowlification ima ha ima, Tue 20 Aug 2019, 11:29, , Reply)
This is a normal post USB-C ports on mine fried a bunch of adapters, mice and keyboards
I know everything will be USB-C soon, but a few years ago they could have just left one USB on the Macbook Pro that's presumably supposed to be used by professionals such as photographers. So many dongles.

So yeah, in conclusion Macbooks been getting steadily worse for about 7 years now.
 (horrid, Tue 20 Aug 2019, 15:21, , Reply)
This is a normal post Typical consumer goods practice.
Make it unrepairable and they just have to keep on buying.
I avoid buying if at all possible.
 (I helped save b3ta! FeralCatMan Unusual disease collector., Tue 20 Aug 2019, 14:35, , Reply)
This is a normal post Do you make your own things or rely on theft?
Shoes made of old tyres or the last thing you bought was a kosh?
 (I helped save b3ta! rowlification ima ha ima, Tue 20 Aug 2019, 17:25, , Reply)
This is a normal post I often repair other people's cast offs.
The vast majority of goods have become less repairable over time.
Sure, surface mount and integrated electronics are difficult to repair but that is only a part of it.
Companies find it more convenient for consumers to endlessly buy cheaply made expensive tat.
 (I helped save b3ta! FeralCatMan Unusual disease collector., Tue 20 Aug 2019, 19:54, , Reply)
This is a normal post fuck Apple
fuck google too.
money is the root of all evil and they are good at it. Which is odd because googles statement is "dont be evil"
 (I helped save b3ta! Turboesprit Volume knob, Tue 20 Aug 2019, 16:05, , Reply)
This is a normal post Actually, "the love of money is the root of all evil"...

(I helped save b3ta! Happosai _,,,,_(O ; o)_,,,, Tue 20 Aug 2019, 17:14, , Reply)
This is a normal post oh ok
so theyre not evil then. PHEW.
 (I helped save b3ta! Turboesprit Volume knob, Tue 20 Aug 2019, 17:34, , Reply)
This is a normal post I didn't say they don't love money...

(I helped save b3ta! Happosai _,,,,_(O ; o)_,,,, Tue 20 Aug 2019, 18:50, , Reply)
This is a normal post They dropped "don't be evil" a while ago.
Presumably because someone thought up a bloody brilliant evil plan that would have been a shame to waste.
 (eViLegion Chief Commissioner of the Scottish Lunacy Board, Tue 20 Aug 2019, 17:41, , Reply)
This is a normal post oh ok
so they are evil then. not surprised really.
 (I helped save b3ta! Turboesprit Volume knob, Tue 20 Aug 2019, 17:51, , Reply)
This is a normal post I enjoyed this

(I helped save b3ta! rob, Wed 21 Aug 2019, 13:46, , Reply)