AirPods' Dirty Secret (and how I'm fighting it!)
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The first and second generations of AirPods made by Apple were given a score of 0 out of 10 by repair specialists at iFixit. AirPods are not designed to be serviced. No hardware components can be accessed without damage to the device, making it a consumable/disposable item. Tens of millions of devices were sold, each one having three sealed-in batteries. This makes it a total electronic waste disaster.
After the success of Ken Pillonel’s previous project, the world’s first USB-C iPhone, he decided to focus on trying to mitigate the AirPods disaster through an engineering project. The goal was to find a solution that gives a second life to the unopenable cases, which all face an inevitable end of life because of their built-in battery.
The solution proposed consists of making available a 3D-printed replacement part that can be downloaded by anyone. The AirPods case can therefore be purposefully damaged while disassembly, then repairs can be made inside, and finally, the 3D-printed replacement part is inserted back in place.
Now that it is possible to open the case, repairs are made possible. A replacement battery can be purchased online, but it is the only replacement part available. If a charging port is broken, there is no way to replace it except by getting a replacement part from another device. The second part of the project consists in creating a replacement part for the Lightning charging port. Because it will soon disappear thanks to a recent EU ruling, the replacement part sports a USB-C connector (bouncing off the previous hack made by Ken) and is also made available online as an open-source project. It is a custom flexible PCB manufactured by PCBWay. This further increases the impact on the possibility of repairing those devices.
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Link to EU studies:
Common charger: bit.ly/3aPuraO
Unbundling of chargers: bit.ly/3IUXVjV
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0:00 Phone Call
1:08 First Attempt - FDM Printing
1:53 Explaining the Problem
2:31 How to Open AirPods Case
2:57 Second Attempt - SLA Printing
4:10 Lack of Replacement Parts
4:36 EU USB-C regulation
5:00 USB-C Mod Intro
5:20 Tricky Connector
6:02 Custom PCB
6:41 Metallic Bracket
8:31 Demo
8:48 Conclusion
9:04 Open Source
9:15 Giveaway
9:22 Sale? - Věda a technologie
UPDATE: New video is out! I did pretty much for the same for the AirPods Pro, and you can even buy the kit!
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Hello
The issue with your "repair" and replace project.... it was now even more wasteful than buying a new AirPods case :D
Apple know at least how to produce it efficient in mass.
@@harrison00xXx Tell me, when you were inside a classroom, did you voice your opinions? Or did it just start the moment you could do it anonymously on the internet? I'm pretty sure your opinions weren't supposed to leave your headspace because they haven't matured yet. A couple of reasons why I think that:
- Mass production doesn't counter waste. Thinking it does gives out the impression you've lost your sanity.
- Shipping over/buying a new Airpods case entails: Getting the raw materials (all over the world), manufacturing it in China (slave labor + child labor), packaging it for a long bumpy ride, Sending it over by plains,trucks,boats,... (carbon footprint), ... before it ends up at your door.
- You've compared the things I've mentioned above, to creating your own case with materials you already have lying around on a machine you already own.
I hope this makes you understand how ridiculous your comment really is. If not, good luck buddy... you're going to need it :)
@@glp.1337 seems like you have a hollow, 3d printed brain?
@@harrison00xXx I am very happy YOU are saying that instead of a sane person.
Also, great job on avoiding every single argument given. Shows real character.
"We are committed to reducing waste" paraphrased from Apple when they stopped selling the phones with the charger adding more trash from packaging and while still opting for replacement rather than fixing.
you know apple recycles this things right? it makes more eco sence to recycle old device and buy new one than to order 10 parts from around the world to make frankenstein device out of your airpods that will work extra 2 months and eventually break all the same, congrats you just created more waste for not much more benefit. Also newer devices have better features etc. apple recycles this things in millions their new devices are literally made from recycled aluminium, plastic etc
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@@Mad_Catter_ iphone owner should be added to the DSM as a mental illness.
I think it should say "We are committed to producing waste"
"We are committed to reducing waste"
Paraphrased from Samsung when they also stopped including chargers into the phone boxes creating more waste
Not only he fixed the issue considered impossible, he upgrades it. Gigachad my man.
The type c port isn't an upgrade
@@mus_xr4653 yeah2 you're right since we will not be here if you kind of people doesn't exist.
@@mus_xr4653 depand on how you look at it.
@@mus_xr4653 Type-C Port is a upgrade in any way. It's way faster than those outdated Lightning ports.
@@dokomi1578 it's not going to charge the air pods faster and you won't need the faster transfer speed and the lightning is much more durable
I wish I was a teenager again. If I had seen this guy when I was 16, I would be learning everything I could from him and make a career of it. What an amazing skillset you have. Truely inspirational.
You're as young as you'll ever be...
Yeah, this is some cool shit he's doing.
@@jamesrruff Indeed I am, problem is free time. When I was a teenager, I had the time needed to learn this stuff... once you get a full-time job, kids, house, car, etc... there is always something that needs attention and leaves you with just enough time to brush your teeth and pass out at the end of the day. As you get older, every new thing you attempt means giving up something you are currently doing :(
@@CuriouslyContent how true this is. I too have a little one and never imagined the time investment would be as intense as it is.
I am 58 and upskilling. Electronics, pcb design, 3d printing, low level coding even. It's fun!
But yeah, I don't have to babysit all day. Wasn't that a woman's job? Oh yeah the enlightened young ones did away with that. Ah well, what's left is dreams of what could be.
Amazing work brother, keep it up! Can’t wait to see what you do next!!
bro is 3d printing a girlfriend next that cant walk because else it would run away
There will be critics saying: "Yeah but I don't have a 3D printer or spot welder -- and Apple is right that all this labor and these materials are more expensive than a new product"
This is NOT about forcing every consumer to spend weeks in their garage trying to fix their own broken electronics!
This is about allowing enterprising individuals to start repair shops, it's about allowing creative people to refine/automate the process even further so it becomes competitive, it's about eventually refurbishing/modding items in bulk with 3rd party kits. This effort, and fact that the schematics are open, is a giant leap forwards!
THIS 👆🏽
It’s the vision of a curious mind to create more opportunities for others potential but there’s either not enough people on the same mindset or a lot of us just have no way of connecting with that same goal in mind at the time.
A lot of people lose motivation to put this type of effort into what they do so fast I’m assuming, so what they could’ve envisioned becomes clouded. It’s sad to think but it’s all the more reason for people such as him to put out his talent and inspiration to others
If the labour and material to repair damaged air pods is too much, how fricking cheap are they to make in the first place? If it takes a repair person who gets paid $40 an hour, 1 hour to fix the airpods, and replacement parts are a few cents, and it's still cheaper to replace the product, how does Apple justify charging $300+ Canadian for airpods? I actually know the truth, marketing and suckers. Right to repair doesn't matter to Apple fanbois, they've been marketed to, and bought in hook line and sinker.
The depressing thing about this is when Apple see this they won't go hey should we consider making our devices even slightly serviceable by having replicable batteries. No they'll go how can we lock out these repaired AirPod chargers. What extra hardware and thus cost can we add to this device to make it less user friendly.
I own only 1 Apple product an 80gig Ipod Video which has Rockbox on so no iTines nonsense and I have zero interest in buying anything else due to this kind of thing. Although it's hardly like Samsung are selling easily repaired devices. I sound like Victor Meldrew.
Maybe you are better off not supporting Apple?
Just a thought....
it's impressive how such a tech giant is doing this and not being held accountable in any way. The process of making things reusable and not end up causing waste to pile up should start from the very source and be enforced.
Don't forget the massive dirt cheap, bordering on slave labor in China, making all this apple sht
@@CaptainRon1913 exactly
There are options... The real problem is the stupid people that like buying unreparable crap.
People are happy to get that apple symbol and don't think about how the company has always done this with all there products
Because the left, which touts to be the champion for the environment doesn't really give a shit about the environment. Majority of them are braindead zombies regurgitating what the MSM and their hero politicians are spewing at any given moment. One week it's a march for women, the next is for climate change, and the following is the women's right to healthcare. Then they all go back to their own little world and search for what other issue they want to protest about.
Creating an open source strategy is the best way around everyday problems.The fact it’s being done by an ambitious young guy says even more about him.If everyone practiced his ethics we wouldn’t find ourselves in so many dilemmas.Good on you!!
Apple: we will not include chargers due to ecological concerns.
Also Apple: let's put extra effort on it so it's basically needlessly disposable, lmao
they want you to keep spending money they couldn’t care less about ecology
bro? yeah it's ecological concern, when your airpods break you can take them to apple and they will recycle it for free and you can buy new ones? I don't get it where the problem is, there was no extra effort batteries just naturally die :) it is cheaper to recycle millions of airpods instead of fixing them, this guy is just making money out of no problem -by seling repair kits + making yt video, its good entertainment but I see no logic to your comment. you are wrong in every point 1) no apple doesn't care about natura they don't include chargers cus its cheaper and 2) no they don't do extra efort so its needlessly disposable it is just better to buy new ones that are better, newer,... apple makes money, you get better product and old ones get recycled instead of makign a frankenstein device that will work exstra 2 months
@@kobalov1 Wtf are you on?
@@LineOfThyThat person is probably smoking recycled apple products.
@@alexlarex7773 sweet sweet burning plastic
This is some crazy dedication and technical skill your are showing here Ken. Nice work!
If only Apple had engineers like that 🤣
@@arnandegans They do, they are just paid to intentionally design the products in a way that limits serviceability so users are required to re-purchase if anything goes wrong.
People like you give me hope, that one day we will be able again to repair everything. We only need more open spaces with help to actually do it. When I see your workshop, there is much I don't have at home and would be great for a shared community.
Dont worry. Apple works hard to shut down those possibilities.
While the end result was USB-C Airpods case, the spark of innovation that came and the right to self repair is the real treasure here. Keep this up, content like this is key to showing that people can figure things out.
I thought I was patient and persistent with such projects and repairs over the past fifty years . However, my hat is off to you, my friend! I have never seen such dogged determination and ultimate excellent quality results. You have inspired me to seek the next level. You may have very well “taught an old dog new tricks”! Thank you!
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Yes, he taught an old Dunn a new trick as well! Sorry, I couldn't help myself as I am an old dog myself.
@@randalcolucci6833 LOL!
If there's a will there's a way
Best comment from an old head I've ever seen!!!! In the history of all CZcams comments!!! Finally someone in the upper age supporting someone doing good and not bad!
That's a very cool way to save these products from landfields ! I love the usb-c upgrade as well
"Designing to leave the world better than we found it."
"The fight against climate change is a fight for economic equality."
"We’re investing in some wild ideas for carbon removal."
"Good for you. Good for the planet."
"We consider our impact on people and the planet in everything we do. And we continue to ask ourselves how we can make our work an even greater force for good in the world."
"The proof is in the products."
Straight from Apple's website. - Lies!
@@PySnek Apple has always been lying and deceiving customers... Plus those airpods have GPS built it, that's next level spying
Lightning is more durable than usb c
@@rustinpeace770 Doesn't matter if it lasts less time than the battery, plus usb-c allows you to only carry one charger ! Even apple uses it on most products now
@@rustinpeace770 f apple, money hungry overrated company
I’m just now seeing this video. From what you’ve shown and done for your case, and future people that need repairs, you’re bringing up this topic the in the most robust yet smart way for how much we need repairable tech. I’m glad you made you’ve made this not only a possibility, but able to hand out this help 👍👍👍
Wow, awesome! I love it that you're out there fighting "planned obsolescence." I'm constantly amazed that such an evil corporate practice has such a high level of acceptance (or tolerance). I really do want a phone (or whatever) that will last me ten years...why can't I just get that? ...subscribing.
Unless the Americans dismantle the Corporate State, the country is doomed.
There is no democracy when politicians - Presidents and Congress - are beholden to their corporate masters. These Wall Street Robber Barons spawned the corporate coup and the machinery of State Terror.
The Americans will continue to pay - yet more and more - for their complacency: for believing all they need to fix their world is the right vote. The will continue to pay for looking the other way when the government is caught decade after decade managing the international drug trade, running pedophile sex rings, for toppling democratic governments and installing criminal despots & dictators, and for operating as an international criminal cartel.
The Americans are Trapped like Rats in a Cage. Voting changes nothing when the system is nourished by corporate monopoly graft and overruled by the National Security State. [Why can’t we see the CIA JFK documents when a law was unanimously created to force their full and unobstructed release?]
There are so many corporate parasites that the host is dying fast.
In short: The U.S. Is an “Oligarchy With Unlimited Political Bribery”
Corporate bribery of politicians is legal in the USA
What else can we expect?
Every Administrations top positions are for sale: Even under Trump, the man that caused insulin pricing to go from $10 to $400 became head of Health and Human Services; the coal industry briber is now the chief of the EPA; etc
In the USA, drug pricing is a crime against humanity! For instance: generic Ibrutinib costs $86 in Australia. However, the same drug in the USA costs over $22,000 USD! Imagine the total cost to the patient requiring several rounds of Ibrutinib plus Obinutuzumab! Drug monopolies have (legally) bribed politicians [1] - And now use the powers of “life & death” to extort patients.
Former president Jimmy Carter said on the nationally syndicated radio show the Thom Hartmann Program that the United States is now an “oligarchy” in which “unlimited political bribery” has created “a complete subversion of our political system as a payoff to major contributors.” Both Democrats and Republicans, Carter said, “look upon this unlimited money as a great benefit to themselves.”
Carter was responding to a question from Hartmann about recent Supreme Court decisions on campaign financing like Citizens United; and later McCutchen, 569 U.S. 88, 133 S. Ct. 1537, 185 L. Ed. 2d 654, 81 U.S.L.W. 4236 (2013), which greatly expanded political bribery by corporate monopolies & billionaires. [Also Buckley v. Valeo, the landmark case involving the constitutionality of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (FECA); and, First National Bank of Boston v. Bellotti, 435 U.S. 765 (1978), is a U.S. constitutional law case which defined corporate bribery as a free speech right of corporations!]
Transcript:
firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/07/30/jimmy-carter-u-s-oligarchy-unlimited-political-bribery/
My iPhone 6S plus is coming up to 7 years. Maybe get one of those?
@@zakil89 Lmao yea. Planned obsolesce my ass, it's just a product not designed to be replaced. 80% of people aren't going to special order a battery, then take apart it, unhook the electrical, then replace the battery, and fix it all up again, they'll just replace it.
why do you want a phone that lasts 10 years? makes no sense. its much better to just buy new better one and recycle old one. No need for the phone to be fixable. you can enjoy new product, apple makes money. if you are trying to be some sort of a "buda god mastermind ecological genius sure bro you do you, go live in a forest and be naked.
If you're in Europe, you could get a Fairphone. They're modular, so instead of buying a new one every couple years, you can just upgrade it, if you want to.
I love how to the point you are in your presentation! No time wasted.
Life is too short, last thing I want is to waste someone's time!
@@ExploringTheSimulation damn you're awesome man! 🔥
@@ExploringTheSimulation not iOS milionere mindset
You kept it amazingly brief, considering the amount of time you obviously put into the project. Very nice!
@@ExploringTheSimulation you should sell a repair kit
Kid you're brilliant! You would be an asset for any tech company. I pray you make millions and keep helping your fellow man along the way. Love that you kept it open source as 1 last FU to Apple. Your video proves that determination pays off! I wish you best of luck in the future.
Yup. 😁
And a hero comes along
well any company with the exception of apple :P
It's not open source. This is copyright infringement.
He wouldn’t be an asset, he’d be a liability for creating sustainable products rather than products that have to replaced every two years which is far more profitable and profits keeps the board and shareholders happy.
Brilliant. I love it when people find solutions that are deemed impossible. You're a champion. Well done.👏👏👏
This is an incredible video and what your doing is very important man!!!! Thank you for presenting this information the way you do also. There are a ton of "Iphone Repair " Kiosks where i am in California but i doubt they are doing anything CLOSE to this level of cohesive tech repair and pushing the repair space forward. Keep it up !!!!
What should I fix next?!
Airpods max, naturally
Airpods battery, for sure!👍
Can you please design a solution for the Apple Pencil 1 and 2? There's no way to replace their battery without destroying their case. They're also wonderful devices, with instant response time, and it such a waste discarding them after the battery dies.
my life
This was brilliant. 👍🏻 Hack a Tesla, as your next project, with due permissions from Tesla. 😄
Amazing work. While these are luxury items, or toys to some, it proves why we need to keep fighting to pass "Right to repair" in as many countries as possible. These are designed as disposable technology, it is wasteful and damaging, not to mention annoying. Keep up the great work.
I find it interesting how we're talking about this while Apple, along with other corporations, outsource labor to the CCP that utilizes Chinese Uhyger reeducation through labor camps (often with rape and torture) in order to strip them of their Muslim ethnic background and make them more accepting of Chinese authority. Don't get me wrong 'right to repair' is really important. But Right to... * checks notes * Human Rights is a little bit more fundamental, and I think it's insane how it isn't talked about and railed against more often.
Amazing the amount of work you put into this!
What an amazing work you did with precision. Well done bro. 👏👏
You’re amazing dude…! After all that hardwork, making it an open source 🙌
amazing? ;)))
I dont think he is allowed to make it closed source
@@mccvargues7792 well, he has personally designed the model and the PCB, so he has no necessity to make it open source.
@@RahulBhat007 He isn't allowed to sell his pcb or models because it infringes apple copyright
@@mccvargues7792 The case maybe. But the PCB, no way in hell. Did Apple design the PCB for the USB-C adapter? Nope they used lightning. Doesn't matter what I plug my shit into. Also open source does not protect from copyright infringement or any other legal bindings my dude.
I'm impressed. Also happy that you made your point. They could be fixable, they are just designed to not be.
People like him give a person hope. Great work. Thank you.
Amazing quality content here. The process, the video, philosophies. The type of stuff we need more of!
Amazing work. Excellent way of highlighting how companies still have a design for the dump mentality and that we must change that to be sustainable in our way of living 🙌
@@bekerashes Hey Russian propagandist, your mom doesn’t love you. Remember that.
@@bekerashes Oh yes, we can, and we do. Russia didn't went ont to conquer Ukraine, they went on to utterly destroy it from the map so as to not ever give it the possibility of getting accepted into NATO (among other things) since they were refused (duh, NATO was made to essential fight them). BTW when the Red Cross offered to take care of the bodies or Russian soldiers, Putin said no. That's how much he cares about his own people. So yeah we're going to f*** support sending weapons to Ukraine. Is it a perfect country? No, it's been in a civil war since 2014. Is the current President's son involved in corruption there? I'd say without the shadow of a doubt. And? Who are we to let them get massacred because of what essentially is the biggest diplomatic mistake of the 21th century so far? Ukraine got wrecked because we offered them a position in NATO without caring about them enough to fight for them. We f*** up and then we're going to let them die like so many other countries.
@@bekerashes how the fuck is that even remotely relevant?
@@bekerashes the fck you waffling on about? Stupid comment of the month goes to you. idiot.
Excellent work! There is much to love about Apple, but their habit of waffling on about how environmentally friendly they are while simultaneously going out of their way to design products so they cannot be repaired or even have the batteries replaced is unacceptable. Apple has the might that other companies don't have to push the entire industry toward more environmentally responsible production. Projects like this are a great way to dismiss Apple's claims that they are doing their best.
I went into an apple store about my 12 mini because the battery is crap. Instead of a replacement under warranty they waffled on about ‘habit changes’. I honestly hate this company. I only got it cuz the small screen. Might move back to Samsung…
@@cottage_pie yea man come to Samsung gang
Apple is evil !!!
@@johnlexin7748 I love Samsung but the phones are too big. Make them release a galaxy mini and I’ll switch in a heart beat.
They're also fairly easy to hack (hunter biden, anyone?) overpriced to hell and back, and _pretend_ to have data privacy features. Air Tags, more than any other product they gouge you for, are the most antithetical to the very concept of privacy itself. They're literally "always-on" tracking devices
The level of your ingenuity is tremendous. Next level.
Awesome! Always need more ways to fix/reuse things.
This is SO SICK! What a pleasure that we are one part of it 👍👍🍻🍻
10 million views for this vid! And I truly hope there will be a big aftermarket community for airpods and similar things. The tech inside these little things is amazing (the chips) and we are forced to throw them away for profits? Heck no.
Again I posted "Used Airpods 2G case are under $80". What ever aftermarket solution would either cost the same in material and your time or the results would be subpar at best.
10m views? Not even 1 million views
This video has < 900k views at this time. What crack are you smoking?
@@vincencohan3626
Maybe it’s just wishful thinking.
It cost next to nothing to make airpod
Dude your awesome. Props for the iPhone you made with the type c! Really your an inspiration bro
dude, you're gifted at this electronics shizzle, props to you!!!
We have to appreciate how he gives us his hard work for free! Thank you for putting your time and effort into this!
Instant sub! You're an amazing problem solver, and I love that you have both the environment and the consumer in mind. Keep up your fantastic work! To open source this is the way to go, and you are very thoughtful to share the solution you must have been working on for a while.
Peace, love and looooads of respect from a Swede in Norway!
Same!
You are a genius of genius. Hatsoff to your work. You are the master. Haven't seen this type of complicated work before.
Wow. You're the best. I couldn't understand what you were saying but I just followed instructions. Thank you so much
"You Wouldn't Download An AirPods Case!" 😂
And this is why I’ve majored in Mechanical Engineering Technology. It’s videos like these that never fail to open my eyes to possibility, there are so many applications of engineering and design that it boggles me. Great stuff.
First time seeing this and I love your work
Man such a good video, love the journey to solve the problem 👌🏽
You introduced a new business opportunity to Apple for free and an inspiration goldmine to the rest of us. Resin printers usually give the better results so I prefer them versus the PLAs. I now have so many ideas since I have first gen pods and I think they will be discontinued in the next years. I like how compact (pillbox) they are next to the 2nd gen. Good vid!
"and how I'm fighting it!" you don't just talk about it, you do something about it, that is amazing #RESPECT
Ok so idk but this video has been on my front page for days now so I finally decided to give it a chance and I’m glad I did. You got yourself a new subscriber!
Bro imma need like your whole music playlist, the stuff you play is fire
Hey Ken, hats off!
First time watching your content & a new subscriber. Thanks to YT algorithm.
Am just fascinated with your excellent work. You are really dedicated to what you do and at best know your craft very well. The amount of time put into is just incredible.
Will have to share your content with a friend here in Kenya who also loves excellence.
Great work! I am really considering a case design for the pro version. That would be a great natural follow on to the standard air pod dirty secret.
You’re amazing! Marvelous work!
Oh snap!!!! New favorite channel!!
Very high quality project and video as always 👏
Can't agree more ✌
I enjoyed the hell out of this and was fascinated watching you work through these hardware issues
You’re doing great work. They’re so expensive and so unrepairable. It’s a disgrace. This is awesome stuff. Thank you
first video i found by this channel and i love it you got it 💙
Great video. Would love to see a company address this issue by maybe using replaceable batteries for the housing case if possible
I can bet you that will never happen. This also would be entirely solved if the insides of the case wouldn't be glued.
"Designing to leave the world better than we found it."
"The fight against climate change is a fight for economic equality."
"We’re investing in some wild ideas for carbon removal."
"Good for you. Good for the planet."
"We consider our impact on people and the planet in everything we do. And we continue to ask ourselves how we can make our work an even greater force for good in the world."
"The proof is in the products."
Straight from Apple's website. - Lies!
apple sends a cease and desist & poof goes the company
@@JoshMutia If said company makes airpods: yes; but if that company makes their own product apple wouldn't have any jurisdiction.
But we'll probably never see earbuds with repleacable battery, because that could only happen with a niche company that nobody cares about, meaning that the product will most likely fail (also thanks to the increased price, due to the fact that they are from a small company).
@@JoshMutia Well you can sell small Batteries for rc models that conveniently fit inside airpods and sell it that way
Amazing job! Yeah those cases are the worse, I usually heat them up until they are soft and slide out the internals but that takes me 2-3 hours so I'm loving your idea!
Fantastic work, man! Keep it up
Love this guy! amazing job dude
Bro the amount of hardwork done for this video ! Hope your channel blows up someday
IKR!? How does he not have more views?
What an absolute legend this guy is. I cannot comprehend his skills!
Awesome man. I wish I was that precise with the hand craft. But I am learning on my own pace. Brago
What real engineering should be, and looks like. Brilliant and huge respect!
That's amazing.
Have you thought about also doing 3d models for the buds?
I think that would be pretty cool, since you could repair everything despite apple trying their hardest to make it non-repairable :)
This is incredible! You're doing us all a service by reducing ewaste and showing others how it's done!!
You earned one more sub bruv, kudos and hats off for your brilliance!
Wow I‘m impressed. Well done and keep doing that good work.
Wow! Having only just discovered you/your channel, I am beyond impressed by your skills & your creative approach to finding innovative solutions to these problems (intentionally created by "Big Tech" monopolies of course).
You have most definitely earned my admiration & respect, & so of course I have now subscribed & will be sharing your channel with everyone I know.
I pray you find continued success & prosperity through your endeavors, while simultaneously inspiring others (hopefully) to follow similarly creative approaches to solving these types of problems.
I get a real sense of optimistic competence (sorry, can't think of better ways to phrase it atm lol) from your energy, & find it/you to be immensely encouraging & inspiring.
Again, I will be doing my part to ensure that this reaches as many people as possible.
Thank you so much for investing your valuable time in sharing your ideas & your talented work with all of us!
Apple's entire 'repair' philosophy is to just replace if under warranty or tell customers they have to buy a new product because 'repair' costs are too high. You, good sir, are a genius and a true gentleman for what you do.
Ich wollte nur sagen: Du bist ein (im positiven Sinne) echter Freak! Einfach großartig recherchiert und perfekt umgesetzt!
danke vielmal !
This is so cool! I do not have a 3d printer or the other tools much let alone THE SKILLS. Incredible that you were able to duplicate! It is strange off the wall moments like this when I stumble upon a video so random and that has nothing to do with anything I ever watch on CZcams but yet makes so happy and gives me great hope that humanity is going to survive no matter what.
I would love to see you attempting to upgrade the earbuds themselves, I have tried to replace the battery’s but until now I had no luck, but I don’t want to waste them either.
Excellent work my man! I hate when companies try their hardest to have the monopoly on their technology. Like we should be able to use the usb-c connection for all phones and small devices. Excellent job again! Keep it up man, I’m subscribing just because your paving the way to change the game and allow repair shops to work on stuff that’s designed to be monopolized!
Nope, forcing companies to homogenize all their ports is a dangerous precedent to set, and companies should have the right to make their product different
Love your music choices too!!
you're a good. I just got new airpods pro a couple of months ago, but will definitely be looking forward to your solutions in the future!
Thank you for sharing your innovative efforts to up cycle the Apple AirPod case.
Did you cover the main PCB inside the case (as shown at 6:43 in the video) with epoxy or printer resin or was it that way originally? I assume that you might have done this to improve water resistance.
It was like this originally, although out of the 3 cases I've cracked open, 1 didn't have it
@@ExploringTheSimulation thank you for sharing your experiences.
Kudos! Very impressive work! And what a dedication! Apple should be ashamed of how they treat their customers and leave them ashore let alone all the negative environmental aspects they create with their intentionally unrepairable devices.
@Exploring the Simulation
Well Done Mate !!!
You are doing Great Job.
Keep on the Good Job.
We Thank You !!!
That’s a great job man,.. love from Ghana ✌️
It's a must that I give you credit for what you have done. In a word...AMAZING! I would have purchased new AirPods. First off I do not have the know how to do such a fix/upgrade and secondly the equipment you have to accomplish it with is another thing. I would assume you already have had the 3D printer and the rest of the tools and what not to use on this project. Good going and a very interesting video.
You’re awesome for doing this. While companies like Apple make fantastic products, it makes no sense that a user can’t repair (or have someone repair) the product they paid a lot of money for. You also raised a great point about the waste. How can these companies say they’re being environmentally conscious only to force consumers of their products to have throw away ones that could’ve been repaired.
it makes perfect sense that you cant repair. it means you HAVE to buy a new one. the only reason they say that its more expensive to repair than replace is becaus they made it so intentionally. fuck apple.
Meanwhile my first gen Galaxy buds can be easily opened and repaired, Apple does everything in their power for you to not be able to repair your own devices.
Such a fantastic product!! Your own personal brain tumor grower... You're so hip!! 🙄
if their products can't be repaired, they aren't fantastic.
@@BloPsy__ I have a question though, are newer galaxy buds repairable or did they change them to be like the airpods, kind of like how Samsung phones became unrepairable just like apple phones
I love it. You are the real people changing the world
Definitely subbed!
You're awesome man! Great work! Incredible documentation!
And I thought I was cool for soldering a loose wire back together in a drawing tablet. Great work tackling both the lack of right to repair AND proprietary cables.
You are doing some great and iven important work her. Take care of yourself, and I hope to see more of this sort of content. We can't let company's get away with non repairable products. (Edit reason: I posted the comment on accident before I was done writing it.)
This is so cool we need more people like this!
The world needs more people like you amazing work
Love it! I appreciate the real, hard re-engineering work here, but I don't even dip a small toe into big A's ecosystem, Still there's plenty of poor, closed-areas in many manufacturer's areas. Great work!
I would 100% download an AirPods case. Awesome work 👏
Amazing work man!
amazing stuff. People like you are actually making a difference
We need more people with environmental awareness like that. Well done mate. 👍🏽
I think in a year a 2 , Apple will "invent" thier own case with Usb-c , using your design, but all glued together and sterilized.
Using his design? ... You mean Apple's own design?
Wdym using his design😭🤣🤣
I think the new pros will be usb-c already
You sir deserve more than my follow/like on YT! Amazing job!
People with your skills are priceless!
Love how you focus on the need to make expensive tech repairable! Many youtubers would just make a cool case for the views but its a real problem that we are mining rare earth minerals to make this stuff we end up throwing in a a landfill.
This is the first video of yours I have seen, and you are awesome!! Totally subscribed and liked.
Sadly and somewhat unsurprisingly, the closer you look at MOST things Apple does, the more shitty their choices truly are. People put them on such a pedestal, and then conveniently ignore the suicide nets on the buildings at apple assembly lines at Foxconn.
Strong work 💪🏽
Thank you!
Simply put.... Amazing.. Worth my Time.. Ty..