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From the article: > The sudden rise of headphone wearing pedestrians - spurred by Sony’s lightweight headsets (17% the weight of others) Funny to see this tre
by wkat4242 1y ago
From the article:
> The sudden rise of headphone wearing pedestrians - spurred by Sony’s lightweight headsets (17% the weight of others)
Funny to see this trend has completely reversed. People wear more and more huge behemoths of headphones again. Not that I mind that but I find it an interesting development.
The article also goes on about beepers/pagers. I didn't know these were also demonised. I really miss mine in fact, it was great to be reachable while not constantly sending my location to 2000 "trusted partners". Unfortunately here in Spain there is no longer even a single pager network in operation.
A dumbphone only gets part of the way, as the operator still knows pretty well where I'm hanging out. As does the government.
- otterley 1y agoFWIW, I see far more people wearing earbuds out in public than wearing over-the-ear headphones. Grand View Research reports that earbuds outsell headphones by a wide margin (https://www.grandviewresearch.com/industry-analysis/earphone-and-headphone-market https://www.grandviewresearch.com/industry-analysis/earphone...) - this is in the U.S. though; Spain may differ. > The market for earphones accounted for around 90% of the overall share in 2022 and is anticipated to witness a CAGR of 13.2 % from 2023 to 2030
- wkat4242 1y agoTrue but the over the head ones I see are the big expensive ones, that's what I meant. Where once the weight and size of the headphones contributed to the adoption of the walkman, it seems to be not so much an issue anymore.