Just as a personal observation, why are you playing contact basketball with earphones in? Are you listening to music while playing a team sport? Are you waiting

Just as a personal observation, why are you playing contact basketball with earphones in? Are you listening to music while playing a team sport? Are you waiting for calls that are so important that you cannot be out of reach for ~30 minutes? That seems so completely and utterly alien to me, this odd obsession with multitasking seems counterproductive. I enjoy getting away from any kind of electronics and communication while I'm working out, letting me focus completely on the workout and nothing else. Plus sweat ruins earphones and the gym is playing music anyway. >"If your ears play well with AirPods, then they'll rarely fall out if ever. I do know friends whose ears aren't compatible though and they won't fit them at all - so there's that issue and I'm not sure what % of the population it affects." That's straying dangerously into "you're holding it wrong" territory. >"Fine by me. I had my first gen AirPods for two years, and I used them for hours every single day. I was more than happy to immediately buy AirPods 2 when they came out. I can just send the first gen AirPods back to Apple for recycling." Recycling is not an excuse, it does not absolve you of the responsibility for your over-consumption, nor does it absolve Apple of their wasteful design choices. Airpods are disposable by design. No amount of recycling will ever make up for the fact that their entire design is the very definition of planned obsolescence.