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I'll briefly join the chorus: AirPods Max were the worst value for money I've ever spent on a tech product.

But more interestingly: what happens at a company like Apple that leads them to not cancel this product and come up with something totally new? Is it that the success of their other products pulls this along so well that they are numb to this product being a dog? AirPods Pro (the earbuds) are a great product, so perhaps the headphones org just doesn't have to face the music?

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> what happens at a company like Apple that leads them to not cancel this product and come up with something totally new

I'm in the suburbs of a middling Australian city, nothing special and not in particularly high socioeconomic areas

There is at least two people per bus wearing them (or at least very good comps), they're as common as Sony XM5 or XM6's and while they're not Airpods penetration, they're wildly popular for their pricepoint

> so perhaps the headphones org just doesn't have to face the music?

Some people don't like anything in their ears. Some people have ear canals that don't work/aren't comfortable with "standard" tips. This is why headphones will always exist.

I got airpods (Pro v2) and got the squishy memory foam tips from a 3rd party that are a) comfortable, and b) actually stay in my ears.

I hate normal headphones because they make my ears get sweaty and are heavy and uncomfortable.

I have hearing aids and literally only wear over the ear headphones for this reason - I also feel that in the ear buds can cause worse hearing loss due to that very tight fit

I agree it seems terrible value, but I see plenty of people wearing them on the street so it’s probably a commercial success just as a luxury product for people to flex with. While everyone else gets the AirPod pros.

Or Beats?

I wish someone would find a way to take the wireless chips and battery out of thrown-away headphones and put them into a decent pair of headphones.

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