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US sues Apple for illegal monopoly over smartphones (www.theverge.com)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Somewhat overdue IMHO.

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[–] 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Not in any practical sense of the word but that didn't stop them from removing headphone jacks in order to shave an additional 1/16 of an inch off.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    in order to shave an additional 1/16 of an inch off.

    In order to sell more of their "premium" wireless earbuds.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Just got my first phone without a headphone jack, and it's thicker than my previous phone that had one. But honestly it's mildly annoying at most. A dongle works, I guess, but it's certainly weird and seems like an unnecessary omission.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    I moved on to Airpods shortly after they came out and honestly I have had 0 desire to use wired headphones with a phone. The Airpods pro sound great for earbuds.

    If I want a real super high quality audio experience I'd use a dedicated DAC and AMP because the ones in phones have never been amazing. Plus if I'm out and about there's probably too much background noise to even appreciate good headphones.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    That's good. Spend most of my time indoors in noise free environments and in ears/earphones do not work for me for medical reasons.

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