It's just the typical wire vs no wire trade-off combined with personal situation/preference. I see your perceived disadvantages and advantages, none of which I

It's just the typical wire vs no wire trade-off combined with personal situation/preference. I see your perceived disadvantages and advantages, none of which I have had ever issues with which made me want to fix something in my particular setup, and think: as long as I don't ruin the cable my headphones just work on my external soundcard and with my music player (and with every device which has a 3.5mm jack), and I don't have to charge them. Good enough for me. And this might depend on culture or particular job, but if I'm in a meeting I can just say 'brb gonna grab something' and no-one cares. edit oops there was already a whole comment thread lower on the page essentially saying the same things, sorry about that