But of course we all know that the big manufacturers don’t do this not because they can’t but because they don’t want to. Planned obsolescence is still very much the name of the game, despite all the bullshit they spout about sustainability.

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    3 months ago

    Meh.

    Overpriced.

    I can buy 3 or 4 pairs of BT5 earphones for the price of these.

    My most expensive pair currently was $75.

    I’ve never had batteries go bad in them - they get broken well before that happens. Though I have a noise canceling headset from 2006 that still works. Battery lasts long enough.

    I’d rather break a pair of $30 earphones, and have multiple spares than a single pair of $150.

    And they all sound about the same given the source and environment.

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      3 months ago

      My batteries are already on their last legs in the Sony tws, but I’ll be replacing them with new ones.

      If your $30 earphones break before their batteries do, maybe consider buying something that does not break in a year of use?