• @HornedMeatBeast
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    454 months ago

    I love how there is an advert and Amazon link for these exact earbuds in the article.

    $20 off, worth the potential hearing loss?

    • @[email protected]
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      134 months ago

      What I find particularly interesting is that it’s an ad they’re serving directly from their own infrastructure - ublock isn’t blocking it as an ad.

      • @HornedMeatBeast
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        74 months ago

        Oh yeah, I didn’t think about that.

        I’m running uBlock Origin as well and I have a Pi-Hole running on my network.

        Guessing they chose to advertise it and made it part of the article.

    • @bbuez
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      14 months ago

      Key Takeaways

      Samsung’s Galaxy Buds FE are known for their affordability, high-quality audio, comfort, touch controls, and water resistance.

      Wouldn’t want the reader to think the earbuds are all that bad

    • astrsk
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      164 months ago

      We’ve had lithium based true wireless earbuds for nearly 10 years now according to my quick internet search, and the popularity of them has skyrocketed to millions of users. 10 years, millions of devices, and one finally catches fire? Genuinely I’m just confused by what you mean you’ve been waiting for a story like this.

      • @redisdead
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        24 months ago

        We’ve had wired earbuds for longer than wireless ones, I’ve yet to read a story about one exploding into someone’s ears.

        • @[email protected]
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          54 months ago

          Its as easy as looking up the teardowns or scans of the most popular VR headsets. They have their batteries in the front.

        • @grayhaze
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          24 months ago

          The Quest’s battery is in the front of the device, but behind layers of electronics, screen and lenses. It would have to do more than catch on fire to cause serious damage.

    • DarkThoughts
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      14 months ago

      I didn’t until now. I usually just think about some battery going solar while I’m sleeping.

  • @ohwhatfollyisman
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    54 months ago

    i once suffered from a punctured lung

    and later a fire-ant bit my tongue,

    but neither gave me as much pain

    or drove me as batshit insane

    as did plying my custom to shitty samsung.