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I have three teenage kids and they’ve all switched to wired. Many of their friends have as well. It has nothing to do with fashion or retro vibes, as far as I
by superultra 6mo ago
I have three teenage kids and they’ve all switched to wired. Many of their friends have as well.
It has nothing to do with fashion or retro vibes, as far as I can tell.
They’ve all lost too many AirPods through the years. AirPods just too easy to lose, and at their school, too easy to be stolen by someone else. And they’re expensive. Yes you can buy cheaper Bluetooth headsets but those often don’t sound as good and get lost just as easily.
So you’re either on a subscription basis relationship wih Bluetooth headsets, or you use wired headphones, which are actually harder to lose and less desirable to steal.
- somewhereoutth 6mo agoand there is that whole thing of sharing one of your wires with your mate/partner that is super cute and great for bonding I should think.
- stogot 6mo agoI also been seeing many “protect your brain” shorts on youtube saying that athletes are switching to wired
- pimlottc 6mo agoI don’t get it, what’s safer about wired headphones?
- gzread 6mo agoI read the implication of AI slop content, so I'm guessing RF emissions.
- phil21 6mo agoIt's a growing trend in the "alternative" health scene. I have a few friends who should absolutely know better do silly stuff like use wired headphones due to RF, and even as much as turning Wifi off at night for health reasons. Nevermind they just switch to 5G in bed on their phones.
- asdff 6mo agoAsk them why they stopped wearing their copper bracelet
- mschuster91 6mo agoProbably the usual "RF is bad for your head" quackery that has been floating around ever since the first mobile phones, and for athletes, wired devices aren't in danger of getting damaged when they fall out of your ear.
- cube00 6mo agoNo doubt with a convenient affiliate/collab/gifted link nearby.
- mschuster91 6mo agoPeople still steal AirPods despite them being remotely brickable? Jeez.
- asdff 6mo agoSound wise they are exactly the same. This is what bewildered me at the time with the airpods. Everyone is raving about the sound. Same chinsy crappy earppod sound they always had. Might as well use one of the five pairs of those you've accumulated. And then also everyone I know who was heavy into airpods has also over time moved off them because, the battery. Everyone uses over ears from Sony now. Like look at what the walkers in your neighborhood are doing, everyone has overears now with actual battery life that isn't going to be ewaste in 18 months. Heavy usage on these is just killing the battery. It is worst case for battery health: people just draining these down in one session constantly. In like 1 year maybe 2 your battery life has sunk like a stone and apple wants $50 out of you. 10 years half a grand spend on $5 sound quality.