"The Pixel Buds Pro 2 is nearing its first year anniversary soon, and while Google has no plans of launching a successor soon (not that it needs one yet)" what a strange claim. nbc has no idea what's possible or under development, I presume no idea of Google's marketing plans, and clearly no real idea of what user's are looking for. This compulsion to editorialize really just irks rather than being useful.

What even is the point of renting stuff like this for $94.5 per year? Unless you pamper them to extremes their batteries won't hold any significant charge after two years, and for equal money you get a pair of better (sound-quality) and far more durable wired IEMs. But yeah, yeah, wire bad, wireless good, I know. Brainwashing at its finest and people happily buy into that. Also directly creating ewaste while simultaneously having mouths full of green this, green that...