Hammy

I’m in! Let’s go explore the fediverse!

That’s fair. Getting 5+ years of heavy use (thousands of hours) out of a $400 pair of headphones is worth the investment to me. Not worth it to everyone, though.

I’ve been rocking my Sony WH-1000XM3’s for going on 5 years now and have had absolutely zero issues with battery life (or anything else for that matter). I wear them several hours a day, every work day for Zoom calls, etc. They’ve traveled with me and are great for flights.

I’d buy another pair (of the newer model) in a heartbeat.

This is going to sound really dickish and maybe it is, but people will keep it because it’s a helpful descriptor and the developers feelings about the term are less important than the term being helpful. Plus there’s no ill intent behind it.

It’s like if you built a ranch-style home then threw a fit when people called it that because you don’t like the term. Sorry, but people are going to call it that because it’s helpful and not intended to be disparaging.