[crims0n]

AirPods Pro... I live in a lively household and the ability to activate noise cancelling so I can study/read/think is an amazing quality of life improvement.

[denolfe]

Mine are probably my favorite possession at this point for this reason, even being an Android person.

[HPsquared]

Definitely. Avoiding noise used to be very expensive, now it's available to all.

[veave]

Public libraries have always been an option

[tomjen3]

Have you been to one recently?

Because they aren't quiet at all - maybe they never were, but they certainly aren't now.

[easywood]

lively household -> public libary?

[Eumenes]

they have saved my sanity on flights and crowded beaches with screaming children, rude people blasting music, car/traffic noise, etc.