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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

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

that's really interesting. USB-C was meant to be the one peripheral to unite them all: data, video, audio.

But no one considered that video/audio don't typically need to be security vetted, so shovelling them down the same wire protocol as data makes them less useful not more, and now we have to solve a hardware problem with software to let a simple media piece through.

Our desire for tech unity has regressed us

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I don't think anybody wanted that unity for headphones.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

say what you want, Bluetooth headphones are popular and practical, and their only caveat is battery life