Swap the batteries, tips, charging case, shell, or even just individual buds.

But of course we all know that the big manufacturers don’t do this not because they can’t but because they don’t want to. Planned obsolescence is still very much the name of the game, despite all the bullshit they spout about sustainability.

  • Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    50·
    9 months ago

    I love what fairphone and some other companies are doing.

    Still some of their earphones got a 1/10 reparability on ifixit, so I’d really check how reparaible these ones are.

    • Fiona@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      42·
      9 months ago

      Those were the first earbuds they offered, which were just OEM-ones where they main point of attention was on getting the workers a living wage (which is fair enough, they are called “fairphone”, not “repairablephone”), just like the Fairphone 1 where they apparently wanted to collect some experience in the space first.

      I have them because I bought my fairphone 4 like one week before they had a free pair with every purchase on offer and wrote to their support, who graciously gave me a voucher as well. I don’t use them a lot, because I do have pretty good over-ear headphones, but they do come in handy on occasion, as they fit into my handbag, which means I am more likely to actually have them with me.

      • Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        181·
        9 months ago

        Yeah apparently the newer ones got a 10/10 on ifixit so it’s way better and it’s what I would probably buy if I was on the market.