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Re:AirPods Pro by lm28469 on Monday October 28, 2019 @02:17PM (#21379868)
In the older bose headsets you could slap an AAA batteries and be good for a while. These types of batteries won't disappear anytime soon.

Anyway, in 5 years when bose stops producing the qc35 battery pack no one will be able to replace them whereas people using bose qc25 will just have to get new AAA batteries. Either apple talks the talk and walks the walk or it simply shut up about climate, no one cares about virtue signalling if it's to fuck the user for 3% more margin in the end. I'm surethey could have designed it better and fit at the very least user replaceable batteries.

Re:AirPods Pro by mcphage on Monday October 28, 2019 @10:49PM (#21383903)
> In the older bose headsets you could slap an AAA batteries and be good for a while. These types of batteries won't disappear anytime soon.

You'll generate far more waste from AAA batteries in the time it takes for the Airpod batteries to require disposal.

Re:AirPods Pro by lm28469 on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @06:47AM (#21385676)
There are rechargeable ones.
Re:AirPods Pro by mcphage on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @02:01PM (#21390164)
Yep, just like in the Airpods. And just like the ones in the Airpods, they'll eventually stop holding a charge. The only difference is, they're significantly bigger than the Airpods, and have more of the toxic waste.
Re:AirPods Pro by scarface74 on Monday October 28, 2019 @02:23PM (#21379940)
And you still are having to throw away the batteries - the most toxic part of the device. By mass, the three batteries are most of the mass.