> The original airpods I got 2 years ago still work for about an hour and do fine.

In 2 years the battery life fall to 1 hour? This is just crazy unsustainable!

Same here, 2+ year old AirPods that still hold charge for about an hour. I’ve used them heavily in the first year and still average about 3-4 hours a week for conference calls and a couple more hours of music. In the first year I was using them 3-4 hours per day, sometimes even more.

If that's the case why isn't the battery replaceable. I spent less money on way better audio quality headphones (Sennheiser HD25) over 20 years ago and they are still going strong. So far I replaced the cable once and the ear pads every few years. Though I would like to buy airpod pros for traveling I cannot bring myself to buy something that will last only 2 years. That is a disgusting example of inbuilt obsolescence and should actually be illegal to sell.