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		Joeri on Sept 9, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: AirPods Pro Service Program for Sound Issues At 5.3 g per airpod and 60 million pairs sold per year that is 636 metric ton of trashed airpods per year.

samatman on Sept 9, 2022 [–]

At one hour of enjoyment a day (low estimate) that's 21 billion, 9 hundred million hours of joy. Or roughly 34 million hours of fun per metric ton.

If one metric ton's worth of AirPod fun were to be had, ending right now, the fun would have started in 1858 BC.

I'd say it's worth it.

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