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

  • AbsentBird@lemm.eeEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I really can’t say for sure. It rains a lot where I live, so water proofing is a pretty big boon for me. I used to carry around a USB-C to headphone port adapter, but I never used it.

    • gencha@lemm.eeEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Valid. I’ve been thinking though. What’s the problem with making a waterproof audio jack, if we have the USB C for charging?

      I don’t want to hate on wireless by any means. I often prefer wireless. But it’s really fucking nice to have a power source connected and audio as well. It’s very convenient. Especially if you have a dock and headset.

      It just feels like such a redundant transformation that achieved nothing for the user.

      • AbsentBird@lemm.eeEnglish
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        2 months ago

        There’s adapters that allow charging at the same time. I’m not sure why audio jacks are difficult to waterproof. Samsung managed it on a few models, so it’s certainly possible.

        Personally I haven’t had a situation where I wanted an audio jack in years, I assume the extra internal space goes towards things like longer battery life or slimmer form factors; not nothing, but also probably not a big deal for most people.

        It seems like laptops are doing the same thing: all external ports are USB, and any specific needs get handled with dongles.

        USB-C ports are pretty flexible, you can split one into many, use them for video & audio, use them for power delivery & networking, and they can transfer more data per second than cat5. It seems like manufacturers are trying to make it the one port to rule them all.