I saw another post today which seemed to assume "expensive wireless earbuds" and "no headphones at all" were the only options in public and
Do people not know about these?
Getting rid of headphone jacks is total garbage but they do make earbuds that hook into your phone's charging/data port.
There's also the completely free option of muting your phone and turning on captions, or reading tweets or fanfiction, or playing a game. There's plenty to do on a phone that doesn't require sound*. Being considerate in public spaces isn't expensive and never has been.
*Provided you can see. Accessibility tools for the visually impaired are a different thing from videos you watch for fun, in case anyone here thinks I piss on the poor.
these specific cheap IEMs with a replacement usb-c to 2 pin IEM cable will sound noticeably better than 200$ wireless earbuds btw




















