<story><title>Apple&apos;s “Disposable and Unfixable” Airpods [video]</title><url>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8z17HAA-moY</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>systemvoltage</author><text>None of these people have ever worked on a tiny electro-mechanical assembly that needs to happen on a monumental scale. It’s impossible to make this thing repairable without sacrificing size or it’s water resistance and more. I’ve worked in HVM and have a huge respect for people who make this possible. iPhone? Sure they could probably try making it repairable. It’s difficult though. I worked in a company that did competitive analysis of iPhone PCB. It’s insane. WLCSP and various CoWoS packages everywhere. Not a single mm^2 wasted. Apple Watch is the most amazing thing ever - we did cross sections and X-rays of the SoCs, lots of flat flex and hybrid PCB components, glue is king - companies like Nitto specialize in making glue for assembly. I can’t imagine how to make it repairable. It’s hard. I also wish things were repairable but then people will complain its not waterproof or whatever.&lt;p&gt;One of the things that I absolutely despise is the habit people have for consumer entitlement. People are assholes - just ask anyone who has worked in a call center or H&amp;amp;M cash register. General public is thankless and constantly complain about how much everything just sucks. It&amp;#x27;s almost like a passtime.&lt;p&gt;Unrelated thankless jobs: Imagine you’re an engineer working on Siri and the entire world makes fun of your work constantly. And it’s not your fault that Apple doesn’t collect insane amounts of data like Google does to make AI work. This is debatable.&lt;p&gt;Edit: let’s not talk about Siri. I’m sorry to bring it up, just had the thought come to my mind about it today when I watched Linus Tech Tips’s video about Siri. I was like damn, it must suck to be in that team. They’re just people like you and me.</text></comment>
<story><title>Apple&apos;s “Disposable and Unfixable” Airpods [video]</title><url>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8z17HAA-moY</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>Tomminn</author><text>They&amp;#x27;re tiny, they&amp;#x27;re valuable, and they last a decent while.&lt;p&gt;Of all the places to point fingers at waste problems, this is a strange one.</text></comment>