I hope they will be banned in EU.
this post was submitted on 08 May 2026
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Wait, isn’t the EU generally chock full of surveillance? Including some member countries going so far as to have facial recognition as a norm?
Not really, no.
England especially
England isn't part of the EU.
lol I forgot about that
in-ear cameras. Didn't even have this on my bingo card
Endlessly asking AI what to do will cause people to lose the ability to think analytically.
That's already the case, time to make it worse
Fuck.
Anyone know of any good headphones that have the airpod in-ear shape? (Like these)
Hate the Skullcandy style with the shitty rubber nubs, those hurt my ears. (Like these)
But that's all anyone makes now other than airpods non-pro and cheap shitty airpod knockoffs (but I still want halfway decent headphones.)
No it isn't "just the wrong size" don't bother with that, I just have way too tight ear pussies and I need it to rest outside the hole like the first pic.
AirPods are earbuds, whereas the ones with tips that go into the ear channel are IEMs. The latter are better in every way in my opinion, but that doesn't help if they hurt. I use foam tips, they give the best seal and comfort in my opinion.
What speaks against headphones? Like on-ear or over-ear headphones.
I imagine they’ll still sell the non-camera version.
In that case I'll be fine, but tbh I'd like better ones anyway were they to exist.
If you like wired, they have wired "earpods" with the same shape. Even a 3.5mm version, last we checked.
-- Frost
I wish. 3.5mm jacks have been murdered by phone OEMs and I'm actually angry about it, and I'm not into extra wear and tear on my only charge port. They either need to put back the 3.5mm or give me two USB-C ports.
I can't use in ear buds because they get ejected by my ear canal. But I have to wear hats so I can't wear 🎧 style. I got some Shokz bone conduction head phones and they are awesome during daily activities. You can get better sound elsewhere, but hard to beat the convenience.
I really like the ear-loop style so that they don't have to be jammed into my ear canal. They (and the accompanying case) are slightly larger, but I find them much more comfortable and no concerns about them falling out even when moving around a lot.
I'm very particular about what goes into my ear as well.
I don't know if there's a proper name for it but most companies doing Earbuds also have models without the rubber nubs just like the first picture.
If only I could find them lol. I you have any specific brands to look for I desperately need them, afaik bose, sennheiser, grado, beats, those podcast ones, all do the inside the hole thing. Bose has some weird clip ones but I can't justify spending $200 on them to see if they'll work for me when they very well may not.
Nothing also do some. Nothing Ear (Stick)
However I'm not sure if they are currently being produced, they do some open, over ear buds however; they all have the rubbish pinch gestures vs the old touch from the AirPods 1 / 2.
Ooh thank you these could also work!
Just the other day me and a friend were talking about this and we found the JBL Tune Flex 2.
Are they good? No clue. But they are the right shape. JBL has some other models too.
That wording "$109.95 each" makes it sound like you have to buy left and right separately
Ikr? Loool. Defintely could use a tweak
Dude I might actually grab a pair of these for my next, thank you so much! JBL is good enough for me, not the best but their speakers run well and sound alright, and that's perfect!
I just wanted to let you know, I've used the JBL Tune 225TWS for years and they still work. Like you said, definitely not the best, but good enough while I'm on a bus or something.
I even still have my Tune220TWS, which are older, but they also still work. The only reason I stopped using those was because they still use micro-USB and my last cable broke. All I had left were USB-C (due to the EU law that made it universal).
tl;dr: they might not be the best sound quality, but their devices last a long time. I've even dropped mine a few times and they survived it.
Thanks for the info, I'll pick these up next time I have to replace the pods I have!
You're right, I also prefer this shape but couldn't find a good one. I'm using Sony WF-1000XM5 now and am quite happy with them, but it would be better if they made this shape
They have at least 3 models for sale at any given time, last I checked. I can't imagine they'd make all of them like this, as surely these will be dramatically more costly to produce and are likely to chug on batteries compared to the others. I think you will be safe for now, and the bubble will have burst by the generation after that, since it is already on borrowed time.
I wish you the best of like finding them, but I genuinely think you’re on the minority of the market. I upgraded from the first to the second and the original pods physically hurt my ears wedging a bit of hard plastic into soft tissue
You can probably still find the older airpods.
For now.
Firmware update to only work with iTunes w/ 30 second ads every 2-5 minutes.
Its Apple, so maybe not ads in the firmware update, just a little under clocking maybe!
Oooooh! Half second lag between left & right!
Everyone’s losing their shit over an additional sensor. Does everyone think their phone is constantly recording video because it has a camera on it, the same with the microphone? Laptops?
Maybe if it was Meta? I don’t think Apple’s business model incentivises personally identifiable spying or keeping any recordings outside of their standard analytics and “improvements” model.
They have been caught being pretty ham fisted with using third parties to process this data (eg. Siri recordings), so I wouldn’t put it past them for any of these anonymised recordings to fall into anyone’s hands really, but that’s why you can now turn them off.
Which I would immediately do. I would never buy these anyway, and it sounds like a terrible idea, but some of this freaking out is giving them way too much credit.
Yes. Maybe not constantly, but without your consent.
If the 3 letter agencies are telling you to cover your webcam and Aliexpress is starting to sell phone and tablet camera cover stickers then I fully believe it's a problem.
It literally says "cameras for AI". You don't see how that becomes a problem?
I’d say the spectrum goes from local ML, that seems fine, to recordings being made, leaving the device and being potentially seen by other humans (even “anonymised”), that’s much more problematic.
Apple is also developing smart glasses and an AI pendant that could launch as soon as early 2027, according to Gurman.
Nobody asked for this. This AI push is stagnating innovation.
Also, link is paywalled. https://removepaywalls.com/https://www.theverge.com/tech/926376/apple-airpods-cameras-ai-production
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