We used to have earbuds that don't need to be charged because they had a headphone jack, didn't get lost so easily because they had a cord attached to a headphone jack, never lost the bluetooth connection because they had a headphone jack, and they cost less because they had a headphone jack. https://bsky.app/profile/daisyfm.bsky.social/post/3l3mfjc6sn62k
I drive a 2001 which is in that sweet spot of being too new for a cassette deck and too old for an aux port. Fortunately, the stereo was built to connect to a 6-CD changer in the trunk and I was able to install an adapter that fools the CD player into thinking my phone is the 6-CD changer in the trunk.