I know some people still swear by their old iPods or film cameras. For me it’s a 15 year old Western Digital external HDD. Do you have any older gadgets or tech that you refuse to let go of?

      • paequ2@lemmy.todayEnglish
        281·
        3 days ago

        I hate constantly needing to charge headphones and dealing with bluetooth connection issues. Way more annoying lol

        • bazzett@lemmy.world
          9·
          3 days ago

          This, and the fact that no matter how good the headphones/earbuds are, their batteries will, inevitably, die after some time. Even if the drivers and mics are ok, you will not be able to use them anymore unless you can replace said batteries (which I don’t know if it is possible, particularly with earbuds). And if not, they transform in e-waste that cannot be recycled easily.

          On the other end, I still have pairs of wired headphones and earbuds that I bought many years ago (some of them from the late 90s), that still sound as good as the first day.

          • uniquethrowagay@feddit.org
            1·
            2 days ago

            Fairphone has headphones and earbuds with replaceable batteries. They’re pretty expensive, but show that the big players could easily provide the same level of repairability.

            I use wired headphones at my desk, but I really don’t want to go back to wired for when I’m on the go.