This is awfully timely after this weekend when I went to use headphones and BOTH sets batteries died in a couple hours and of course are sealed non serviceable so if I give up they go to the landfill. Why did we need wireless battery headphones and non replacable batteries in everything?

April 07, 2026 - 01:53 UTC

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Right to Repair forever
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😭 suffering from this exact same issue
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Amd can't recycle the ones in anything that is body worn or health/grooming because the battery recycling places declare them biohazard. So good luck recycling the battery in your shaver/headphones/whatever if you can't figure out how to open the sonic welded security screw sealed case.
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Everything is throw away now. Hate it.
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I have yet to have a set have the sealed batteries fail before the set itself is worn to a nub.

Then again, I have had four Shokz (two replaced at the end if their 2-year warranty) over 15 years and had a Sony pair for ten years before that... As they get smaller, lighter they've got limits.
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Stuff with a built-in battery seems like the capacity severely degrades after a few years regardless of how much it is used in my experience
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