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Here's the thing: either you deal with wires, or you deal with batteries.
I don't like wires, but by god i can't stand batteries. You gotta charge them, they can run out, they degrade over time, they make the device more expensive, they're more complicated, also wireless transmittion (wifi/bluetooth) is less reliable compared to the simplicity and immediacy of you plug something in and it's almost impossible for it not to work. All of my shit is wired.
Though i admit wires vs batteries is circumstancial. I don't get wireless mice or keyboards, but i do get wireless headsets, you can go anywhere around the house, and when you're outside it doesn't snag on anything.
Amigo, what about the unbearable suffering of "the wires only work in this specific position"
skill issue
just buy headphones that have replaceable cables, proper IEMs have this feature. It's good.
just tuck the wire in your shirt and through the pants. ezpz
It feels like such a solution in search of a problem, why would I need wireless earbuds for possibly the single device I own that, if I'm using it, will never be more than wire-length away from my ears, it's literally either in my hand or in my pocket
you cant even get that far away from it before the bluetooth loses connection
Wat. I mean unless I'm in a concrete building with concrete walls i can walk the entire span of my house and only at the edge will it cut out.
I like to hike and walk a lot though, and having the ability to only have 1 earbud in with no wires is bliss
I love a wireless mouse, since I realised it lasts much longer than a cheap wired mouse in my hands: because the cable eventually frays at the mouse end. (I do a lot of travelling.)
A cheap-ish wireless mouse with a single AA battery is easier to use, less hassle, and cheaper in the long run.
I haven't yet found a cheap wireless keyboard I like (except the tiny one I got for my Pi years ago, which is great for its use but not for normal everyday typing), and I don't have enough use case to try an expensive one over just using my laptop keyboard.
Wireless headsets... I'd like to like one, but the battery issue, plus the price, plus the lag... I still use wired earphones for now.
Yeah, this goes to show that wires vs batteries is circumstantial. The physical inconvenience of wires really matters when you're travelling.
I have to say it took me a week to figure out how to pair the bluetooth headset i bought...
Wireless keyboards can be nice for switching between devices more easily. It's a pretty niche use for me though.
I've got a keyboard with a usb-c port.
You just need an accessible cable or an exposed port and it works perfectly.
i dont mind the wires granted that my wired headphones assuming i dont sit on them will literally last twenty years.