Earbuds

What no one ever seems to say is that this is the exact opposite of being waste conscious. How do you think you keep outdated tech in your phone? It still has to be made somewhere, right? So somewhere a factory still has to be tooled up and making these parts instead of something else.

You often hear this complaint about the waste of old earbuds and them becoming trash, but what about the factories still making trash? Is a factory still making VHS tapes really benefiting the world? Or are you just making trash because you're nostalgic and can't let go?

Old wired earbuds were riddled with problems. They were a NIGHTMARE. So much so that selling cheap ones next to the gum in checkout lanes was commonplace and still is because they were basically considered disposable/limited lifetime. You often rated earbuds based on how long before they crapped out as the main feature. In their time they were already a huge waste product. Now that we've advanced past them for the most part, they're just trash that some people can't let go.