• V0ldek@awful.systems
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    14 hours ago

    It’s maddening that they did actually take away the headphone jack from all modern phones and there’s nothing we can do about it even though it objectively sucks

    • Alaknár@lemm.ee
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      36 minutes ago

      You can still buy phones with a headphone jack. It’s just that most people buy the one without because most people have a wireless headset they use with the phone.

      It’s SUPER simple: if something new comes along and sells, it will become the standard. If it doesn’t sell, it won’t.

      Removing the headphone jack allowed manufacturers to make phones thinner/lighter/cheaper/whatever and people didn’t vote against it, therefore it stays.

      • CarrotsHaveEars@lemmy.ml
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        12 hours ago

        “The perfect size of the screen is ((3.5 + (year - 2010) * 0.5)) inches.”

        STFU. Make phones small like iPhone 4 again.

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      14 hours ago

      there’s nothing we can do about it

      Outright rejection of their shit, I won’t buy new smartphones from them. Currently using a dumbphone although the case is breaking and they don’t make this one any more. Nokia could work but costs quite a bit tbh. Getting rid of the phone entirely is tempting.

      If I ever buy a smartphone again it will be the cheapest second hand thing I can find. Maybe don’t even take it out the house, it can stay at home like a landline and will be restricted to at most LAN connections only.