[hyperpl]

Counterpoint:

I've lost either the earbuds or case of so many wireless earbuds during the past 4 years that I could have afforded 2-3 much higher quality wired earbuds.

[markhahn]

do you also lose phones themselves? keys? pens?

I probably outed myself as an old with the latter question ;)

[vundercind]

Phones: if not for Find My, oh god yes.

Keys: All the time. Now I have a tile on them.

Pens: lol yes, it’s why I’ve never tried to get into very-nice pens.

I’d have lost my AirPods several times without find my. I’m certain I’d not have managed to keep both buds more than a couple months if I weren’t very diligent about putting them back in the case when I’m not actively using them.

[jszymborski]

It's way easier for me to lose something the size and weight of a nickel than a phone. Not to mention ear buds do on occasion come lose and fall. With wired headphones, they dangle, but wireless buds fall into all manner of nooks, drains, and bottomless caverns.

[yjftsjthsd-h]

If my phone hung off my ears and weighed so little that I could miss it, then I would be very nervous about it.