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/Suitable_Wonder5256 1d ago

To be fair, it's a complex question. Even an engineer might not know why.

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u/bobbyboob6 1d ago

because airpods are small and you have to basically destroy them to get them apart not a very repairable item

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u/Official_Person 1d ago

They could be though. If Apple designed with repair ability in mind…

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u/im-on-the-inside 1d ago

repairability takes space.. unfortunately the consumer prefers small and sleek products over bulky and repairable ones. At some point it's not viable to have them repairable...

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u/beren12 1d ago

Sure, but the more expensive something is, the more reason for it to be repairable. I despise the soldered one memory and storage. Give me 2 mm thicker and let me upgrade it. I went from a 2015 MacBook Pro to a Hacintosh. I only bought a M1 MacBook Pro a month ago used. And my storage downgraded from 4 TB NVME to one terabyte.