TikTok Trend Debunked: No, Apple Is Not Giving Away Free AirPods

[svish]

No way Apple will be giving out for free.

 

[macduke]

I believe it was Abraham Lincoln who said that. I read it on the internet.

Wrong. It was Albert Einstein who said that. Abraham Lincoln is dead.

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What’s funny to me about this story is that this is basically what I did when I experienced this issue except I called Apple and they didn’t test anything, just sent me a replacement and a thing to send the old ones back. It was during the pandemic though so maybe they didn’t care then, or just checked them upon arrival and if there wasn’t an issue they would charge me? IDK.

 

[amartinez1660]

stupidity like this is why we need to ban tiktok. it offers no value to humanity.

People that frequent that Plattform regularly don’t even realize in what a haze they are in. They are like drug addicts. Take it away for a few hours to days and see what happens.

After a lot of the quite funny takes (the Bob Dylan drummer of Metallica with the face of Prince fake poster killed me 🤣)
I got an unpopular take… let them, let it continue, I’m so tired of these things that I have taken a harsh perspective: every minute (or hours or days) that people spend scrolling and wasting time is a minute/hrs/days that these people didn’t burn those calories from an extra cookie, researched something interesting from the “good parts” of the internet, advanced a hobby, talked to family/friends, crafted a new job skill, or heck even watching a good movie. They are making you and me advance and get ahead by basically doing nothing… you can’t put on 99.9% of job skills “I spend hours a day on tik tok”, it isn’t even a valuable conversation bragging point.

Now, it’s true that there are real social consequences, including the Apple Stores flooded with these requests (I would argue that maybe for directing traffic there is a plus though)… I guess it’s the price to pay. Maybe moving to a state where free handouts are less easy to gather could give peace of mind on that front too.

Maybe 60% of Tiktokers are hired to scam their followers in some ways, big and small. Sometimes blatant and sometimes just bogus stuff like ‘Eat this Himalaya grass and you will increase 2 inches’

Totally, but I think the design of social media goes even further. The whole thing relies on its users engagement: on themselves posting, reading, liking, commenting, publicly sharing revolt/happiness, etc on the daily.
Social media companies have managed to “hire” (more like convinced) billions of people to work for them daily for free.

 

[Bawstun]

A wise man once again: Never trust Tik-Tock or any social media.

Ah yes, Abe Lincoln.

 

[cantoryakov]

$19.99 Apple card. Who wants it?

 

[MRrainer]

People get dumber every single day.

 

[drewskeeh]

Funnily enough, this article (not the tiktok vid) made me realize my AirPods Pro were malfunctioning and covered under this service program. I never really used anc/transparency because of a weird rumbling sound that always happened but I chalked it up to the technology not being perfected and just used them without those features. When I realized I’m part of the “small percentage” who is covered by this service program, I immediately took them in for service (replacement). The difference is absolutely night and day.

 

[mjs916]

People that frequent that Plattform regularly don’t even realize in what a haze they are in. They are like drug addicts. Take it away for a few hours to days and see what happens.

If I suddenly stop posting, then I tried your experiment and no longer reside on this Earth.

 

[tranceking26]

This one can't be brushed-off as just for fun either, because I can guarantee some folks will have gotten nasty about not getting them for free.

 

[ponzicoinbro]

Wrong. It was Albert Einstein who said that. Abraham Lincoln is dead.

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Albert’s parents called him Albert Einstein because he was unusually smart the day he was born.