Literally only profits. Tim is driven by profits, not innovation. It might catch up with him if relations with China don’t improve.

I feel like I’m starting the obvious. It’s so they can sell them to you.

Everytime Apple doesn’t raise the price, they need to make up the inflationary costs somewhere. If boxes weigh less and/or can fit more in a cargo container, they are gonna do it.

Money obviously. Same reason the rest of the companies copied them. None of them care about the environment lol.

To cut the price of the phone. The cheapest AirPods is $130, brick $20. That’s $150 off then you can buy both for 1/3 the price on Amazon.

I guess it sucks for some. But most people either had a spare power adaptor and few pair of earbuds lying around from earlier iPhones. The stock earbuds were not that great anyway. Many chose to buy better quality ones (either wired or wireless).

I can’t remember the last time I actually used the power adaptor to charge from a wall socket. I usually charge my phone by plugging into a usb port on my computer, or the one built into my power recliner, or the one in my car. USB sockets are everywhere.

I call bullshit on the given reason

You can call whatever you want, you’d be wrong.

Realistically do you really need a new pair of headphones and power adapters in every box? Once I got my airpods, I’ve never turned back to the old headphones and never would. For the power cord, I got the USB-C cord with the 15 and have plenty of power bricks laying around from prior purchases. Apple saves money by not providing these things, but at some point it would be excessive and useless for me anyway.