You really think that AirPods are a larger cause of e-waste than dedicated Bitcoin mining equipment? Or are you comparing dedicate mining equipment to all consumer technology combined?
In this case, I would take take the word "like" to mean "such as". Your first potential interpretation instead implies that you interpreted it to mean "specifically". And the second ignores all the qualifying adjectives.
For my part, I'm becoming increasingly uncomfortable with the dominance of products with built-in, non-replaceable rechargeable batteries in products that don't permit or are fundamentally incompatible with corded use. Because if a fundamental component that it needs in order to function happens to also be a non-replaceable wear item, then yeah, it is a disposable product. As a point of basic morality, we should not be blithely making disposable products that cannot be safely disposed of. It doesn't matter how convenient it is to us, our kids and our grandkids and our peers in less wealthy countries and their kids and grandkids are the ones who will be stuck dealing with the polluted waterways, and we have no right to force that upon them just because we think cords are annoying.
It's really not so different from the leaded gasoline that my grandparents thought was so convenient.
Iphones pods pads etc etc.
Listening to music in strict Islam is considered hurtful and sin. To some people listening to music is as worthless as crypto, or maybe even worse.
Stop whining about crypto being a ponzi scheme. Instead of parroting same points over and over read what ponzi scheme actually is.
Lots of people use Apple products because they have a long life, not everyone is jumping to the latest and greatest.
You are picking ridiculous point and creating some ridiculous 'true Scotsman'
>Lots of people use Apple products because they have a long life
Like who? You and other 10 people?
Lots of people that don’t live in wealthy western countries or people that simply don’t have lots of disposable income.
Yeah, that is the target market of Apple, people without disposable income. Keep digging man, keep digging.
AirPods sell over 14 million a year, that's an astonishing amount of waste for a product with such a limited lifespan.
I'm fine with people making arguments that Bitcoin is bad for the environment, but e-waste is the least of the worries with it.