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> If knowing this information is critical to the safety of the user, it should be in bold letters on the packaging. Knowing this information is critical for yo

> If knowing this information is critical to the safety of the user, it should be in bold letters on the packaging. Knowing this information is critical for your general safety as an adult human. OP might as well have burnt themselves on an ovenproof dish on the counter that they forgot was hot. We cannot make a society such that adults never risk sustaining burn injuries. Thus we need to educate everyone on first response for burn injuries. And yes that's in school, but also in society as a whole, like what the NFPA does with public outreach. As lithium batteries become more prevalent, we need to also include that into the education, sure, but then it's more to do with the much higher watt-hour products like electric scooters and bicycles, where you can burn your house down in cases like this.

romwell 5y ago
>Knowing this information is critical for your general safety as an adult human. OP might as well have burnt themselves on an ovenproof dish on the counter that they forgot was hot. You are, with a straight face, saying that headphones are in the same danger category as ovenproof dishes straight out of the oven. This analogy is flawed. Eating out of a dish which is room-temperature initially won't make it burning-hot. Headphones have never been a fire hazard until very recently. At the very least, the potentially-self-immolating headphones should be distinguished from the regular-not-gonna-kill-you ones. Additionally, the labels that indicate a lithium battery inside should be clearly visible, and not removable. There is no way for me to know if someone else's headphones pose a risk to me otherwise.