And they used to get tangled on everything all the time, got caught on things all the time, frayed and wore out all the time, had janky connectors that had to be jiggled to sit in just the right position to get stereo sound, and got tied in knots when you put them away not matter how carefully you wound them.

There’s a reason everyone is using Bluetooth now, gramps.

Bluetooth is lower fidelity, and I’d rather have tangled cables and ports than batteries that only last 5 years or less.

Don’t know where you pulled the 5 year from. I’ve got mine for longer than that and I have no problems with the battery. Also, didn’t notice the lower fidelity, but I mostly listen to podcasts so I not gonna dispute that claim. Why I bought the bluetooth earbuds was because no matter how much I paid for wired earbuds (up to 120€) none of them survived more than 2 years. Approx after a year one would stop working and some time later the other would die too. So yeah, if you enjoy the shitty ultra thin wires that’s great, but in my experience even cheap bluetooth earbuds work minimum three times longer than wired ones.

Bluetooth as an audio standard is factually lower fidelity

The average expected life span of a Li ion battery is 5 years

I don’t know how you kill headphones so quickly, but you can 100% get quality waited earbuds for a third of the price with nice, thick, threaded cable. The YouTuber dankpods has a few videos about this that have with recs for cheap, good headphones.

I carry my phone in my pocket so the wire that’s close to the jack bends very frequently and gets damaged. I’m glad you were able to find good wired buds. I searched for years and wasn’t as lucky as you. But since I switched to no-name bluetooth earbuds I’ve had no problems so I’m very happy.

Are you claiming that the battery stops working after 5 years? As far as I know the maximum battery charge gets lower with time but the device is still functional. It just lasts a bit less.

Yes the expected life span of a lithium ion battery is only 5 years, everything you get after that is just luck of the draw.

It’s minimum 5 years if you charge them every day. I charge mine maybe once a week when I use them regularly. So claiming that all lithium ion bateries last 5 years is misleading. Most manufacturers claim you have minimum of 2000 charging cycles.

It is minimum of 5 years on AVERAGE for lithium batteries.

The way you charge does not change the average.