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

  • AndyMFK@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    18218·
    2 months ago

    All these people saying they like wireless earphones are completely missing the point. Devices with headphones jacks can do both. Taking away the headphone jack means you have to rely on wireless earphones, which have all the issues the post describes.

    • neidu2@feddit.nlEnglish
      594·
      2 months ago

      But Apple was so BRAVE when they removed the jack!

      I wholeheartedly agree, I use Bluetooth most of the time, but I want wired to fall back on. When I’m on the go, bluetooth works just fine, but when I’m sitting down at home I prefer to use my full-size Roland headset on both my PC and my phone. No latency, and superior sound quality.

      • doctortran@lemm.eeEnglish
        11·
        17 days ago

        Bless the few companies out there still putting them (and the SD card slot) into Androids, but even they’re getting more and more scarce. I need to upgrade soon and I’ve never felt my opinions were so limited, let alone combining with other things like network compatibility, unlockable bootloader, etc.

        Android used to be the anti-Apple. You used to have so many options, and so much freedom.

        • zeppo@lemmy.worldEnglish
          81·
          2 months ago

          Because of….? Anyway I have headphones that have a lightning jack and don’t need an adapter.

          • Welt@lazysoci.alEnglish
            31·
            2 months ago

            You mean the proprietary ones that came with your iPhone? Well that covers every use case anyone could ever have.

            • zeppo@lemmy.worldEnglish
              21·
              2 months ago

              It certainly covers the use case for an iPhone, right? Not sure what you’re trying to say. If you don’t have an iPhone why would you care if iPhones have 3.5mm jacks?

            • desktop_user@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
              02·
              2 months ago

              apple also makes a usb-c one, apparently it works reasonably well and is an actual DAC unlike some which are weird passive adapters that don’t work through hubs.

        • WoodScientist@lemmy.worldEnglish
          5·
          2 months ago

          IDK. I use one and have no problem with it. My car’s bluetooth is rather unreliable at connecting, so I just us a USB C->aux cable. I’ve got no complaints. Is it as good a signal as a properly paired bluetooth digital audio connection? No. But it’s certainly as good as the old aux->aux cables I used back in the day.

      • AndyMFK@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        6·
        2 months ago

        Adapters are a cop out. Just put the adapters in the phone. It also means you can’t charge and listen to music.

        Also while there are some natively wired usb-c headphones, I can’t think of any. Any decent headphones will use a standard 3.5 or 6.5mm audio jack, and then the dac being built inwith those usb-c headphones means you can’t use a seperate dac, it means you can’t plug them into studio gear. It’s just so incredibly limiting.

        There is already a universal standard (3.5mm/6.5mm jack) it carries analog audio, why change to a digital connection which requires digital to analog conversion? Why not let the user be able to have a dedicated piece of gear to do that if they wish.

        No professional equipment, or even semi professional equipment uses usb-c. It’s a good old fashioned analog audio jack and it’s like that for a reason

      • Johnmannesca@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        2 months ago

        I use an adapter from Walmart and it works better than a regular aux plug in a car? Do you think that the audio signal is boosted over type c?

      • i_give_u_worms@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        i really don’t want to have to carry one more piece of junk, and while USB C is way better than alternatives, bending the dongle in your pocket while it is attached to the phone is a scary thought, wired earbuds make a hard right turn right out of the socket. The socket does fill with lint, I kind of get it that removing reduces loss of the phone from water damage or related assembly costs to making the socket not-a-water-vector

    • CoffeeJunkie@lemmy.worldEnglish
      98·
      2 months ago

      Correct. That’s why I will NEVER buy brand new wireless earbuds from Apple, Samsung, or any other phone manufacturer. Oh, you took the aux port out of your phones? Go fuck yourself. I will not financially reward you for limiting my freedoms.

      Currently I use Jabra Active 8s. The Jabra Active 10s are supposed to be so much better, but for the price, the 8s are just pretty good.

      • Honytawk@lemmy.zipEnglish
        384·
        2 months ago

        What point? That the removal of a feature like the headphone jack is a good thing?

        • yetiftw@lemmy.worldEnglish
          933·
          2 months ago

          no, that the inconvenience of wired earbuds outweighs any advantages. which would still apply to a different port

          • nialv7@lemmy.worldEnglish
            192·
            2 months ago

            wdym? you can still use wireless with a phone that has a headphone jack.

            • yetiftw@lemmy.worldEnglish
              319·
              2 months ago

              I didn’t say you couldn’t? my point was that the people you were complaining about were merely saying they don’t like wired buds. that’s it. stop trying to infer a deeper meaning