Re: No, everyone didn't copy.
I've got at least half a dozen pairs of wired earphones and headphones that are awaiting my tender ministrations with a soldering iron - cable failure, every pair. I'm not in a position to analyse the environmental impact of headphone cable failure (especially with regard to wireless headphones) other to note that it is not zero.
(I should really start looking at 'chi-fi' IEMs with replaceable cables, rather than grabbing a pair of whatever is cheap from the supermarket... but then I'd only lose them).
I'm not sure you're correct about the lack of economic return of dismantling Airpods for recycling. The chances are improved by being a popular model (similar dynamics apply to mass dismantling as they do the mass production)
Biting the hand that feeds IT
