I agree 100%. I've kind of standardized on Bose headphones because even though I hate crap like that, they're so popular that there's a big ecosystem of replac

I agree 100%. I've kind of standardized on Bose headphones because even though I hate crap like that, they're so popular that there's a big ecosystem of replacement parts, batteries, etc. It helps that the earpads have been unchanged across multiple generations: QC25/35/45 and I think their new ones as well. Everything but the Ultra and NC700. So I expect replacements should be available more or less indefinitely.