I do often wear them with nothing playing, but even that impacts my situational awareness, which is even more impacted if I put music on.
I don’t want to be listening to music, a podcast, etc., right now, I just want to hear the low, white noise of the environment. This is especially applicable when out in nature.
Just put in your own headphones. Problem solved. But I guess you can also continue to complain to the void I guess 🤷🏻
Some of us don’t always travel alone.