I see ads on Facebook Marketplace and the like for used AirPods and it grosses me out. I can’t imagine putting that in my ear after it was in some stranger’s ear. I feel similarly with friends and family to a lesser degree.

I just had a guy offer to trade my MacBook for his used AirPods and I felt like barfing 🤢

  • Lovstuhagen@hilariouschaos.comEnglish
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    14 days ago

    I think OP has a point: we re now in an era where most earbuds do not have the large, plastic piece that fits on it, but rather the plastic is making contact with the inside of the ear.

    I also have personally now cleaned my earwax from the little foil that guards where the sound comes from…! It’s kind of gross to share such a thing, right, but I know that anybody who is getting longevity out of their earbuds will have done the same… Plus these are mine, only mine, and the only other person who shares them at all with me is my wife…

    So, I would not be excited to buy second hand earbuds and owuld likely personally sanitize them even if I had bought them from a store where they were sanitized already. I would not so far as to say I would not get the earbuds. If they are a steal and quite new, sure, I would… But I totally understand the OP’s sensibilities here.

    • NutinButNet@hilariouschaos.comOPEnglish
      4·
      14 days ago

      You get it! Lol honestly I was curious how everyone felt since I see these often. Surly I can’t be the only person who’s grossed out by the thought of buying second hand earbuds…

      And you reminded me how I clean mine too. You can see the earwax as you clean it and it’s gross enough when it’s my own, let alone thinking about someone else’s that was there before mine. No amount of alcohol makes me feel better about that.