• RamsFan [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    Maybe I'm just an old man :chomsky-yes-honey: , but wireless earplugs still seem stupid to me.

    • vccx [they/them]
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      3 years ago

      The only stupid part is that the batteries only last 1.5 years at most and can't be replaced on 99% of them

    • SoyViking [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Don't they fall out of your ear and get lost all the time?

    • cosecantphi [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      You never get wired earphones caught on something and ripped out of your ears? Or get them all tangled up every time you put them away? Or have to go through a new pair every few months because the wire connected to the right earphone frayed internally?

      I prefer wireless headphones, but if someone likes earphones better it makes a lot of sense to me why they'd want them wireless.

      • RamsFan [none/use name]
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        3 years ago

        I guess I just don't like the idea of depending on signals to get the music to my ears compared to the "hardware" of an actual physical wire doing it instead. With wireless I feel like whatever I'm listening to could just stutter/cut out at any moment due to bad signal strength.

        • Mao_Zedong [comrade/them,none/use name]
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          3 years ago

          I've got a good pair and I've never felt like that. There are more points of failure though, yeah. I use mine for noise cancelling, to prevent overstimulation, since I don't like wearing headphones (and especially not having to take them everywhere)

        • GreenTeaRedFlag [any]
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          3 years ago

          Unless something comes between you and your phone of significant density and is capable of blocking the waves, there's no problem. Bluetooth is pretty powerful, albeit short range.

    • ClimateChangeAnxiety [he/him, they/them]
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      3 years ago

      Nah, my AirPods are one of my favorite things tbh. I also use headphones constantly, so I’m kinda the target audience. I have headphones in 80% of the time I’m in public and 20% of the time I’m alone

    • ForteanCum [comrade/them]
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      3 years ago

      I like the ones that are a necklace when you're not using them. The actual just plugs ones cost $50 more and seem 10x as easy to fall out and disappear.