Federico Viticci on how wired EarPods are still great:

I don’t have to worry about battery life, pairing, or latency. Sure, there’s a wire, and there’s no noise cancelling when using them – but these are my “downtime earbuds” anyway, so I don’t care.

I find myself using my AirPods Pro less and less, actually. For some reason I misplace them when I don’t misplace anything else. They’re amazing, but there’s always that brief moment when I question whether the wireless is actually working, and they still don’t feel as comfortable to me as EarPods.

@manton plus one is always dead or dying

@manton I used to play a music game on my iPad, and the latency between wired EarPods and wireless AirPods was enormous. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bang-dream-girls-band-party/id1335529760

@manton Absolutely! I still use EarPods, not interested in AirPods, and actually take great pleasure in untying the wires (mainly as I carry two sets, one with a headphone jack for my Mac, another for the Lightning port on my iPhone). Rather this than charging more bloody batteries!

@paulrobertlloyd I use a wired “1More” headset at home. My wife watches the big TV at night and I watch shows on my iPad or iPhone. Every I take AirPods out to take a break or grab a snack it’s a pain to hook back up

@manton I bought a pair of in-ear wired headphones a while back because my AirPods Pro started to suffer from the known crackling issue. I've been really happy with using them.

Still, I frequently use my AirPods for convenience, just never for intentful music listening.