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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.


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


> 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?


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.


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


That's literally the Boeing model


So, the problem is indeed the EU.


On the contrary, the EU is the solution.


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




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