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Fixing your own gadgets, from HomePods to Harmony remotes
The Vergecast
HomePods - Why You Shouldn't Buy One
The HomePod was a total miserable failure for product. It was very good, but it was too expensive, not that many people bought them. On the other hand, every single person I know who has a HomePod is insane about it. They're like, no, you don't understand. It sounds so much better than all of your crappy Google stuff. People have such weird feelings about the HomePod. Why did you? That's actually spot on. He didn't actually buy my first one when they were first released. "I'd always been fascinated with them, but I never really stepped up and spent the money on one until towards the end of 2018"
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