> why would headphones need to be waterproof because of consumers and it makes them last longer > I think it's just planned obsolescence. you're blaming the

> why would headphones need to be waterproof because of consumers and it makes them last longer > I think it's just planned obsolescence. you're blaming them for planned obsolescence (which is a wildly overplayed card on HN), while being willing to discard water resistance, which has ended god only knows how many consumer electronic devices. please consider the possibility that you lack the information to understand the trade offs being made.