Not sure whats going on, I open the case with the buds in hold down the button and put it in pairing. The Steam Deck sees it but won’t pair with it. Idk what’s going on. I have reset it, disconnected it from the iPhone, idk what else to try. Desktop mode and Game mode won’t pair :-/
Instead of being judgmental, being helpful may be what’s called for here.
Air pods are known to have connection issues with non apple devices. The solution to that problem is to just get headphones that are made with other devices in mind.