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Good rant.
That being said, ten years with a cheap pair of buds is kinda rare. The uber cheap ones sometimes won't last one year, even with light use. I don't think I've had many buds in that price range not fail inside of two or three. Wires wear out, the drivers get screwy, something.
But, as you've said, putting money into buds for the kind of use case you're using them for doesn't make sense.
The only cheap buds I've had last decently are Klim. The sound is definitely meh at best, but there is bass presence. They handle being shoved into pockets well though, and that tends to be harder on buds than regular use. I'm almost at the three year mark with the first pair and so far they're holding up. The original tips were foam rather than rubber or silicone, so they're long gone, but they came with extras, and the size is easy to find. Since tips are inherently going to degrade over time no matter what they're made of, I don't consider them a factor in the overall usability.
I do have a pair of sony buds that have held up okay, but they're in the next price tier up, as in under 20 by a few cents.