When the Wall Street Journal published their post the other day declaring that wired EarPods were back in style, I wasn’t even remotely surprised. In fact I’ve always thought it was inevitable that once AirPods were fully democratized, younger generations would find them to be uncool. We’ve seen it happen time and time again with other technologies, the most popular reference being to Facebook and its now much older demographic. So yes, wired earbuds are trendy again. But what does that mean for the industry and culture at large?
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