Wired headphones are back

Wired headphones are back.

Breaking into fashion amidst increasing distrust of tech companies and the cost of living crisis.

Let’s keep in mind:

Wired EarPods cost $19. Wireless AirPods (the wire killer) is closer to $250, but we don’t have headphone jacks anymore.

A DVD costs $5 one-time. Netflix (the DVD collection killer) is closer to $20/month, but we don’t have DVD players anymore.

A CD costs $10 one-time. Spotify (the music collection killer) is closer to $13/month, but we don’t have CD players anymore.

But some people are going back to wires, buying adapters to get their headphone jacks back.

And they’re ripping physical media again, so they can use DVDs and CDs with the tech they have.

Perhaps the old pattern of “create new technology, strangle the old way, creep up the price” isn’t working out so well anymore for the Silicon Valley elite.

Perhaps there’s a limit to how far the public can be pushed, before they push back.

Perhaps listening to what customers want, and making that for them, could be a better model than playing games with them until they revolt.

Perhaps thats what companies should have been doing all along.

Perhaps thats what consumers should have voted for with their dollars all along.

Perhaps there’s still time.