Yeah but have you ever gotten the cord caught on something and had the earbuds ripped from your ears? Instant rage.

Things that are cheap arent as financially successful as things that are not, even if the more expressive product offers a worse experience.

It's super undemocratic when megacorps or politicians can completely ignore & overrule more than 3/4 of the population & force them/us into something for the financial good of the few.

Eg like railroads, even fairly big corporations would/did prefer railroads directly to their factories, not to mention people traveling by train.
It was good but too cheap on every step.
And with minimal running costs compared to alternatives, so extra too cheap.

No car roads ever need to be more than one lane, for everything else (all the current extra lanes) there should be rail tracks giving the people freedom to not-drive at all, or the freedom to drive the last bit & otherwise park the car on a train cart.
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And giving us and nature more space back, not having huge, wide scars all over the surface decimating, separating, and profoundly changing what's left of the ecosystems. And just not having too look and hear all the traffic & trucks is also nice.

And also, my peeps, fight the system with usb dacamps usb --> 3.5mm and/or 4.4mm (they start at ultra-cheap and even those are usually as good as most phones used to have):

wired usb-c headphones have all of these features today

Wired headphones are great, and my mouse has a cable too. I might be a dinosaur.

We used to share our tunes with a simple Y-cable.

Anyone have a tip for me on how to connect two Bluetooth headphones to one device? I've tried on Android (Samsung) and an iPad with no luck... I'm back to the good old Y-cable I've used since the Walkman days.

I still use wired headphones and earbuds. On the phone it's got a USBC connector, so I had to find a compact adapter. Fortunately USBC is a tough connector so they're holding up well enough.

The earbuds themselves are very cheap. They normally only last a few years (3-5 or so). I snagged a couple little zip up pods that hold earbuds from a job fair years ago. As long as I do a quick coil up, it's easy enough to pack them away and get them out without tangling. They also don't get hurt living in my satchel.

I've considered moving to something wireless, but I have enough battery driven devices to babysit already.

Lovin’ the lack of cord so much I didn’t even realize it had ruined lives…

Can't beat an infinite battery that doesn't need the resources, production, and disposal of batteries.

Any wireless connection that is less than a meter and connects 2 or more objects that are already physically attached otherwise, is a useless wireless connection.

These worked better than any noise-canceling wireless earbuds I have tried:

They were much cheaper too.

Just don't use Apple shit