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Re:Heavy is the Head that wears the AirPods Max by askafriend on Friday December 11, 2020 @01:31PM (#25388956)
Who cares, $600 every 5-10yrs seems fine to me. These are computers on your head. I don't mind replacing the whole unit. But you don't even have to replace them entirely...Apple will replace the battery for $79. So if after 5-10yrs, you wanted to get the battery replaced, you can.

It's almost like people on HN have never bought noise canceling headphones - none of the top models have user-replaceable batteries.

Re:Heavy is the Head that wears the AirPods Max by 0x008 on Friday December 11, 2020 @06:45PM (#25393285)
They probably will be service EOL (“vintage”) after like 5 years. Even earlier if the sales aren’t good in the first place.