True wireless earbuds don't necessarily have to end up as electronic waste when their batteries reach the end of their lifespan. Fairphone demonstrates this with the Fairbuds 2, whose batteries can be easily replaced. The earbuds also offer active noise cancellation and support for Sony LDAC.
There are, but they’re even more bulky, and they are waterproof in the sense that the water wouldn’t damage the device, but the port itself is still vulnerable, and very much so. Unless it has a flap, but no regular phone used that ever.
I’m OK with flaps.
That’s what she said.