Got these earbuds for a little over six euros from AliExpress. They sound very nice for the price, I love the Y2K transparent skeleton aesthetic and most importantly for me, the earbuds can be detached from the cable, so if it breaks you can just get a new one for a few bucks. I've had to toss dozens upon dozens of earbuds over the years due to faulty cables so I really appreciate being able to swap them
Edit: You can also plug in Bluetooth adapters into the cable connectors, which is pretty cool. The adapters seem to be a bit expensive though so you'd probably want one of the fancier models
If you were willing to spend a bit more in the 20-30 dollar range, you'd probably be able to get really nice Chinese earbuds but I just needed something cheap for backup and these do very nicely
I always thought of getting some of the nice ones if my desk headphones ever died, but
the tariffs lol.
Thankfully my current headphones are still going strong
A few months back the CEO of the company that runs Finland's largest online second-hand marketplace was saying AE, Temu, etc should be banned and there's plenty of assholes saying similar shit all over Europe
Capitalists talking about how good competition is:
Capitalists having to compete:
There's just so much stuff you can't get from anywhere other than China. People talk a lot about cheap, disposable crap, which is fair to some extent, I guess, but there's also a huge variety of spare parts to keep shit you already own working.
I have a pair of old Bluetooth headphones that came with thin, pathetic foam earpads that disintegrated completely years ago. I checked on AliExpress, and not only could I get a cheap 10-pack of replacements for those shitty original pads, there's also proper cushioned aftermarket pads in several different materials depending on whether you like pleather or velour
Just bought a replacement part for my camera. Literally the only place you can still get them and a wonder you can.