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It used to be less of a problem because phones used to come with headphone jacks and free pack-in headphones, and replacements were very cheap. It’s been long enough now that everyone has replaced their old phone with a new one that doesn’t have any of that and now phone manufacturers want everyone to spend several hundred dollars on wireless headphones. The result is more speakerphone music in public.
My Oppo isn't more than a couple years old, takes decent photos (the ones I post were all taken with it) and comes with a headphone jack! Not judgey towards people who don't have one but a heads up that they do still exist if it's important to you.
Not exactly a flagship phone though;)
wireless headphones do not cost several hundred dollars. i got a sick pair for like $60 and there are definitely multiple levels of less nice, less expensive ones
I literally just googled it and you can get wired earbuds at Target for $4.99. Audio quality is probably shit but still better than a phone speaker.
The majority of new phones unfortunately don't have a headphone jack these days. I still come down on the side of "not on the bus please" but cheap wired phones aren't an option for many (most?) people.
Good point but wireless earbuds aren't THAT much more expensive.
The most popular and most heavily marketed ones do. Either way, sixty bucks is still a lot and those cheapo ones are still way more expensive than a free pack-in.
And they're easily lost or damaged as well. If a headphone slips, the wire catches it. If a wireless bud slips, it's falling on the ground, and hopefully not into a puddle or a grate.
I think the biggest issue is that wireless headphones run out of battery, and that's when people start playing things through their speaker.