• Lobstronomosity@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    I don’t see the big deal about headphone jacks. If you really want wired headphones, stick a dongle on the end of the cable and leave it there. It’s almost exactly the same, except you can’t charge and listen at the same time - not really something I would worry about.

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      1 year ago

      All this accomplishes is an unnecessary inconvenience. I shouldn’t have to lug additional cables, and far more importantly the choice between Wired/Wireless should be up to me, not the manufacturer

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        It’s like complaining a new PC doesn’t come with USB-A and only USB-C.

        Design decisions shouldn’t always be up to the end user. Every single option can’t always be included forever and ever.

        If you want wired for quality, you need a DAC anyway. If you want wired otherwise, leave the adapter on your headphones.

        Don’t let your inability to adapt stifle actual developmental progress.

        • Suspicious@lemmy.wtf
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          Removing things that loads of customers want because you want to sell them Bluetooth headphones is not progress lol

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          Jesus Christ, they do? Add it to the list then, i ain’t buying a computer without USB A ports. Also, taking choices away from the user is the shittest excuse for progress i have ever seen or heard of

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        1 year ago

        That USBC dongle will sound much much better than the weak DAC they’d pair with the headphone jack anyway.

        I have a headphone jack on my 4a but I still use the dongle because the dongle can actually drive speakers.