I have purchased a couple AirPods, over-the-ear headphones, wireless in-ear earphones, expensive wired earphones, and not to mention a dedicated microphone. I still own a few of these and yet I went looking for my Apple 3.5mm wired earphones last week. Fortunately I found them and that's the default now.
I lived the bell curve meme
one more time...!
Like the meme captures perfectly, we gravitate towards simplicity. Every now and then, new promises of higher quality, speed and productivity come around like a centrifugal force and try to pull us towards complexity. But, it's only a matter of time before gravity does its job.
This pattern can be observed across digital tools and devices, clothing, travel plans, productivity systems, and so on. Perhaps it's smart to recognizing this cycle early.