Hey guys! I’m looking for a new earphone and i just discovered that they collect A LOT of data actually. There is any TWS airpod that don’t collect a lot of data? How can i have more privacy with airpods? EDIT: I just realized that airpods are Iphones thing so i just changed to the correct name.
Do you mean generic wireless ear buds? Airpods are only made by Apple.
Updoot. It’s pedantic, but idk why everyone started calling non apple earbuds “earpods”. Y’all, we didn’t have to make apple the default earbud brand too!
(Side note, I don’t blame you OP. You are but a symptom of the issue.)
Is it pedantic, though? I was honestly confused. If someone was asking “What’s an iPhone that doesn’t run iOS?” it would be fair to ask clarification.
I agree its not pedantic, I’m also pretty sure that Apple owns the trademark for Earpods which means other companies can’t legally use the term anyway, so why are we calling it?
It makes even less sense when Airpods are one of the most expensive buds on a crowded market and they only work on iPhones. It’s not a Kleenex situation.
Damn! Thank you! Didn’t know that airpods are a Iphone thing. But yeah, its the other ones.
Can you provide a source for them collecting data? I’ve never heard of it happening, and can’t see how it’s even possible.
Possibly Apple pushing their AI and integrating airpods with it, so it’s always listening. You’ll probably still be able to disable it by turning of Siri learning from it, but Apple makes it frustratingly hard to turn off their AI features.
Fairphone make “Fairbuds”
Maaaaaaaaaaaaan everyone switching to that Apple style “pod with stick” format. The old format looked better imo.
The ones available to the US market are different https://us.fairphone.com/fairbuds
That’s the old format (first generation)
It really did! But if all companies didn’t try to replicate the biggest in market, we may have, gasps, product diversity!
WE CANT HAVE DEI PRODUCTS! /s (obviously)It has technical advantages, it allows for a better antenna (afaik) and a (slightly) bigger battery. But aesthetically I don’t like the design either.
This
Bluetooth broadcasts all sorts of device specs to everyone interested
Wired headphones are the only solution here.
Bose used to make the best wired buds, they had a little extension that went into your ear to keep them in place. I went through like 6 sets over time before the phones stopped putting ports in.
Choose ones with Bluetooth 6
I managed to find out that TWS stands for “true wireless stereo”, meaning two separate buds each with its own battery and radio, that go into a charging case with its own battery. So 3 more batteries to fail in addition to the privacy invasions. Gack.
Tired: TWS. Wired: as it says, wired, as in wired earbuds.
This and temporary poverty is why so many young people I see walking around with wired earbuds (Norway).
