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Lol, should I be impressed? I own a pair of Apple AirPod Pro's, bought them in part because I worked with a MacBook at the time and admittedly they worked together very well. They now live somewhere in a drawer, to be forgotten for all eternity, as that is the only fate they deserve.
Sound quality (music)? Might be taste, but nothing to write home about.
Reliably connecting with anything that's not an Apple product? Lol
Firmware upgrades if you don't own an Apple phone? Rofl
Had to return them twice because of a manufacturing error (there even was an official replacement program) and Apple, being the cheap-ass SoB's they are, would only replace the right pod as that one had issues. So of course two weeks after my set was returned the left one started acting up as well.
But the cherry on top: the other reason I bought them was the noise cancelling. It was during Covid and I would work in the same room as my GF, so being able to not having to listen in on her calls was necessary for me. The original pods had fantastic noise cancelling, where the replacements did an absolutely and utterly shitty job. The most important feature, the justification for their existence: removed. Great job Apple, great job.
Never again.
Sorry for the rant, the hatred runs deep I guess.