Fairphone 5 - The Ars Technica Review - eviltoast
  • Addv4@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I use a Bluetooth dac or just Bluetooth headphones most of the time. But occasionally, I have issues with battery life or Bluetooth and just want to use a headphone jack (a technology that is simple in part because it has been around for over a century in various iterations), and not having one is incredibly frustrating from a usability standpoint. I’m not projecting my issue with "using outdated shit, " I’m stating that I actually tried to move on, and when I went back (temporarily at first) the increase in usability was frankly notable.

    • Deftdrummer@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Yeah man and they said that with the horse and buggy as well which had been around for thousands of years, and DVD and laser disk, and mp3’s and jet flight.

      Yeah, there’s still a niche if you’re wanting to “win” your argument. But you may as well shout at the wall.

      Manufacturers don’t care about your niche use cases especially since arguably better alternatives have come about.