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What do y'all do to your headphones that this is a major issue? I've never really had wireless headphones and I think I've maybe had one pair of wired ones that had that issue in my life.
Normal use
But like... Clearly there's something we're doing differently here.
Pocket? Idk, it seems natural to me that moving around with a device in your pocket, plugged into a pair of headphones would cause bending and twisting of the cord, which would wear it out over time.
And lots of other stresses, like accidentally getting them caught on something and yanking them out of your ears, wrapping them up to put away in a bag/pocket, etc. It's no wonder I wore out so many pairs.
OTOH, the only wired listening device I own now is a headset that I wear at my desk, which I expect to last forever because it's subject to none of those stresses.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Guess I've just been lucky. I assume some people might also pull out the cable at the cord instead of at the base, I've seen that happening with charging cables sometimes.
At the moment I also have to use a little C to 3.5mm adapter and could maybe see that taking some damage but so far so good.
I could see the (USB-?)C adapter taking the worst of the wear-and-tear, and maybe being more resilient than plugging the 3.5mm directly into the device. Imagine the travesty if it turned out that USB-C adapters turned out to be the solution to fragile headphones all along!
Are you taking a belt sander to it? That might be the difference.
price is probably a big one, a $3 $10 $20 and $100 earbud will last wildly different amounts of time.
I've found any type of exercise wearing wired phones wears them out fast.
Okay that's a fair point my lazy ass had not considered. Although cycling hasn't caused me any issues.