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Same here. Wired headphones never lasted anywhere near as long for me as wireless ones. Any with inline controls were especially prone to failure.

It depends on how you treat them. Some people burn through them like nothing. I have some 20 year old earpods still.

or in my experience active use can damage the headphone jack, which is much, much worse

LOL! Literally 5 minutes of soldering work. There is no even need to buy a new jack, just clean the old one from old resin.