Originally Posted by
ricktoronto
I'm amazed in the 21st century there are passengers who require the airline's headphones in any class of service, since everyone has at least one smartphone and the quality of airline headphones are well known to be crap. Earwax just makes them dirty crappy earphones.
Newer iPhones don’t use a traditional jack but rely on the charging cable. I rarely use headphones except on an aircraft.
Not everyone has personal headphones. Airline supplied ones are a necessity for some of us.