• kepix@lemmy.world
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    18 days ago

    cause you live in a part of the world, that has already gave up. including yourself.

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      18 days ago

      I mean, I didn’t give up anything? What do I have to give up? The user experience is objectively way better with wireless earbuds. You don’t have to care about a cable being tugged around, battery life is a non-issue for me. I’ve never ran out of battery on my headphones and modern connectivity is pretty good, I’ve never had them fail to connect or anything like that. The only people that have any sort of benefit from wired headphones are audiophiles, that I can assure you 95% of people are not. They will not notice a difference between the headphone jack and wireless earbuds. Even if you gave me a headphone jack, I wouldn’t use it. I just do not have a reason to use one. I’ve been using wireless Wi-Fi headsets for my PC for a long while now, I don’t even use a headphone jack on my PC. It’s just way more convenient having wireless headsets.

      • vala@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        18 days ago

        The user experience is objectively way better with wireless earbuds

        Not objectively. There are plenty of problems with Bluetooth headphones. If you don’t do anything “serious” with audio it’s not a problem.

        But:

        • Audio quality is worse (mathematical fact)
        • Latency is high
          • So high it’s impossible to make music / play beats via Bluetooth
        • Packets drop due to external interference

        All of this can be solved with USBC audio but that’s not wireless of course.

        • Redex@lemmy.world
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          18 days ago

          I was more so focusing on the overall user experience, so including the ease of use and the convenience of not having to fight with a cable. I definitely agree that Bluetooth earbuds aren’t perfect. They have their issues. But I feel like for the general user, they objectively offer an improved experience. 90 or 95% of people can’t hear the difference between wired and wireless earbuds. If you don’t care about audio quality then I feel like it has objectively more upsides than it has downsides. As people mentioned about cars and the like, there are instances where having a headphone jack is necessary, but I feel like the number of cases where this issue is unavoidable and is a real problem for people is so minuscule that it’s not worth it for the companies to bother.

          I mean, in the end, I personally don’t care if a phone has a headphone jack. It’s not like I wouldn’t buy it because it has one. I was more so triggered by the people constantly screaming at every phone for not having a headphone jack, when in reality it’s not important for most people.

      • timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.works
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        18 days ago

        You don’t really know the meaning of objective do you?

        Look at the thread for “objective” reasons people want the jack.