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AirPods libreated from Apple's ecosystem

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1424 points moonleay | 4 comments | 16 Nov 25 00:01 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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DerekL ◴[16 Nov 25 01:26 UTC] No.45941966[source]▶
Title has a typo, should be “liberated”.

Edit: I noticed that the article's page title is also misspelled this way.

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bradfitz ◴[16 Nov 25 01:27 UTC] No.45941971[source]▶
I assume it's intentional, playing on "libre" (as in libre software, not just gratis software)
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1. thaumasiotes ◴[16 Nov 25 01:44 UTC] No.45942030[source]▶
As just the biggest problem with that idea, the typo doesn't exist on the page. It's in the HN title, and the page's HTML <title> tag.
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2. flexagoon ◴[16 Nov 25 02:02 UTC] No.45942117[source]▶
It does exist on the page. It's in the description of the repository below the repository name.
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3. thaumasiotes ◴[16 Nov 25 03:19 UTC] No.45942486[source]▶
Look again.

You're right that the text you're thinking of used to be in that space, if you mean the "About" blurb.

But you're not right about the page contents. The "About" is github metadata, just like the partial commit message "android: multidevice capabilites and accessiblit..." that you can also find. And just like that message, it was full of typos because it's not public-facing.

But there is an actual page talking about the project, which is what we're all commenting on here, and which never contained the typo.

4. itsnoone ◴[16 Nov 25 03:35 UTC] No.45942545[source]▶
yup it did- fixed it now. thanks!