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Sorry if this is a dumb question, but does anyone else feel like technology - specifically consumer tech - kinda peaked over a decade ago? I'm 37, and I remember being awed between like 2011 and 2014 with phones, voice assistants, smart home devices, and what websites were capable of. Now it seems like much of this stuff either hasn't improved all that much, or is straight up worse than it used to be. Am I crazy? Have I just been out of the market for this stuff for too long?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I imagine wireless headphones are more expensive by definition. So cheap wireless headphones (say 10€) are by definition worse that cheap wired headphones of the same price. I'm willing to pay 50 to 80€ for decent quality, I'm sure that's not the most expensive, but it might be too expensive for some. I've had philips in ear headphones that were just a perfect fit. I sadly lost them recently and now have cheap ones that suck. I'm not much of a sound snob, but these cheap ones have bad sound quality and don't cancel out any outside noise.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

I haven't purchased any cheap wireless headphones, certainly not that cheap but the wireless headphones that cost $300 sound significantly worse than a pair of wired headphones that cost half as much, sometimes even less. Same for the earbuds, they tend to sound bad and aren't as comfortable.