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Apple's AirPods Pro hearing health features

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282 points elsewhen | 1 comments | 22 Oct 24 00:25 UTC | HN request time: 0.208s | source
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Almondsetat ◴[22 Oct 24 05:51 UTC] No.41911548[source]▶
You can say a lot of things about Apple, but which other consumer-facing tech company adds features meant to accompany people throughout every phase of their lives? People are growing with their smartphones, and the need for some functionalities only starts to become obvious later in life.
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lnsru ◴[22 Oct 24 06:14 UTC] No.41911658[source]▶
It’s just marketing. A plus point in differentiation matrix from gazillion competitors. And a justification for a higher price tag. The products are nice though.
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1. tim333 ◴[22 Oct 24 15:03 UTC] No.41914998[source]▶
They've been at it for a while. One quote:

>At a shareholder meeting in 2014, a conservative finance group wanted Cook to make a commitment to doing only those things that were profitable. Cook replied, "When we work on making our devices accessible by the blind, I don't consider the bloody ROI."