Headphone jacks on mobile devices, especially mobile phones that you handle numerous times during the day, is a big problem. Personally, I almost destroyed my phone multiple times back when I wore wired headphones plugged into my phone. I'd get up my seat on a bus to get off and the wire would catch on the seat handle, pulling my ears and the phone off. I've damaged multiple headphone plugs this way and hurt my ears (I wore those stage in-ear monitors that go around the ear).

Apple did a tremendous job pushing the industry towards wireless earbuds. I'm sure they did it partly (or if you ask some, wholly) to sell you more expensive stuff, but I'm happy paying more because not only has it eliminated the safety issues with the wired buds, but it's created completely different ways of using ear phones. I have one set of speakers in my ears, which I barely feel they're there, and I listen to content from my watch, my phone, my computer and my TV in what I can only describe as "magically". They take up less space and are much easier to take out and put away compared to their wired counterpart. I can walk around my home while on a phone call, meeting or just doing house chores. Oh and wait for it, I can share playback with my partner in a noisy environment or on a plane.

Most of my use cases mentioned above is either impossible or quite cumbersome with a wired set. I am one of those who's happy as a hippo because of Airpods. And I used to own Senheisser over the ears, Shure in-ear monitors with stacks of DACs and amps, so there. Convenience and freedom for me outweighed the 2% extra detail I could hear with those setups.