Wireless Earbuds – hated or celebrated?
Wireless Earbuds has 0 counted ballots in the last 30 days, too few for a reading. The reading appears at 10. The outside measurements below are what exists.
16 Aug 2026 to 14 Sept 2026 · model v1.0 · no snapshot yet
The reading
0 counted ballots · no reading until 10
Source: hateorcelebrate.com · open online vote, self-selected, not a poll · n = 0 · 30 days to 14 Sept 2026
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Wireless Earbuds
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Prior readings
Every row below is quoted as its publisher published it, with a link to the source and the date it was read.
| Publisher | Field dates | n | Question asked | Result as published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YouGovAccessed 2026-09-14 | 11 Feb 2026to 17 Feb 2026 | 2,012 | Which, if any, of the following do you use now or have you ever used? - Wireless headphones, and Wired headphones (Respondents were asked about a random sample of 20 of the 40 technologies.) | Wireless headphones: I currently use this 54%; I've used this before, but don't currently 19%; I've never used this 24%; Not sure 2%; I don't know what this is 1%. Wired headphones: I currently use this 31%; I've used this before, but don't currently 55%; I've never used this 11%; Not sure 3%; I don't know what this is 0% |
| Hate or CelebrateThis site | 16 Aug 2026to 14 Sept 2026 | 0 | Hate it, shrug, or celebrate it | No reading yet: 0 counted ballots, 10 needed |
The rows above are rolling 30-day counts only in the final row. Every other row is a one-shot measurement by its publisher, on its own question, with its own method. They are placed together so they can be compared, not because they are comparable.
Why people split
Wireless earbuds did not simply win on merit; for a lot of people they replaced something that was taken away. Apple announced AirPods on 7 September 2016, the same day as the iPhone 7 - the first iPhone to remove the 3.5 mm headphone jack - and much of the early criticism treated the pairing as manufactured demand rather than an upgrade. They shipped to online orders on 13 December 2016 and reached stores on 20 December. The design objections raised then are still the objections now: the batteries are sealed and degrade, with two-year-old sets reported to last less than half the advertised five hours, and iFixit gave the first, second and fourth generations a 0 out of 10 repairability score because the earbuds cannot be repaired without destroying their outer case. The Financial Times has reported they are difficult if not impossible to recycle. The split, then, is between people who value never untangling a cable and people who object to a disposable object replacing a durable one.
Source: AirPods (Wikipedia). Added 2026-09-14.
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Wireless Earbuds: 0 counted ballots and no reading yet (a reading is published at 10; 30 days to 14 Sept 2026, open online vote, self-selected, not a poll), hateorcelebrate.com/s/wireless-earbuds, model v1.0. https://hateorcelebrate.com/s/wireless-earbuds
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