So Apple is welcome to divest AirPods into a separate company and problem solved. Who knows, "AirPods Inc" may discover there are a great many phone brands out there that could use a nice integration and extra features. Win for consumers.

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littlecranky67 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

I agree, the Beats takeover should have never happened. The US is basically allowing everything to be swallowed by big-tech.

	▲	ch4s3 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		> the Beats takeover should have never happened. I agree from a business perspective, those headphones were all brand and a bad fit for apple from a quality perspective. Do we really need regulators deciding when businesses are wasting their money?

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ch4s3 4 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The integration works so well because airpods and apple phones use a protocol that isn't bluetooth, their "Magic protocol". You have to own the whole stack to make it work so well.

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nisegami 4 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I wish this would happen. I loved my AirPods Pros 2 but the Android/Windows support was so abysmal that I eventually ditched them.

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numpad0 4 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

That's literally the Boeing model

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wtcactus 4 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

So, the problem is indeed the EU.

	▲	melesian 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		On the contrary, the EU is the solution.

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davemp 4 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Or you know Linux/Windows PCs that would definitely be a big win.

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tomalbrc 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

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