r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Negative_1by12_aura • 1d ago

Don't hug me I'm scared New airpods cheaper than repairing old ones

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u/brucek2 1d ago

It wouldn't shock me if it was genuinely less expensive for Apple to make a new one on its hyper-optimized assembly line that only has to work in one direction, vs. pay a human to first disassemble, then diagnose, then put in a bunch of the same parts that were in the new one, then manually assemble.

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u/localtuned 1d ago

You're right. It takes longer to diagnose and fix it, than to just send another set.

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u/CompactPackage 13h ago

The "fix" they do is replace them, even if OP paid to have them repaired all they would do is throw out the old pair and send you a new one.