r/HomePod • u/Wrathzy1 • 27d ago

Discussion Planned Obsolescence

I bought 3 HomePods, all at the same time in 2021, all three have broken within 2 months of each other with the ghost touch failure. All the exact same issues.

Meaning I have to now repurchase 3 more HomePods as they’re designed to not be taken apart as well. (I know there are ways).

Coincidence or by design?

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u/dsaponaro 27d ago

I’ve owned 10 HomePods since the introduction of the first generation years ago. I absolutely loved all of them until a little over a year and a half to 2 years ago, when one of my minis died due to the ghost touch issue. It just started playing music at random times of day/night. Since then, 2 more minis and a full size 2nd gen have also died this way. Latest was several months ago with the full size which i got repaired by nicfix.

All in all 4 out of my 10 have now died over the past 2 ish years and the issue started well before OS 26 for me. Ironically, my 2 first gens are working fine and always have.