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Re: Google Pixel Buds

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Post by banachtarski »

brirec wrote: post #342
banachtarski wrote: post #339

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Typical fanboy comment. If you don’t have the information to make an informed comparison, don’t attempt one

Not at all a fanboy comment. Apple uses proprietary extensions to Bluetooth in order to facilitate very quick and easy device pairing. If you open an AirPods case while it’s near an unlocked iPhone, iPad, or Mac, an alert pops up asking if you want to pair to it. (Or, if necessary, letting you know that you grabbed the wrong AirPods case, and it’s paired to someone else’s equipment). Then, the action of pairing cause…

> and it's vanishingly unlikely that Google got this right.

this is the fanboy part. I'm not a google fanboy (I own none of their products), but you can frame your comment differently (aka more neutrally). Just say what it is about the air pods you like, ask if google's pixel buds do the same, or just research it yourself and provide information as opposed to speculation. What makes it a fanboy comment is the bias, and you've still done nothing to dissuade me from believing you possess it.

Re: Google Pixel Buds

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Post by tfehring »

banachtarski wrote: post #351
brirec wrote: post #342

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not at all a fanboy comment. Apple uses proprietary extensions to Bluetooth in order to facilitate very quick and easy device pairing. If you open an AirPods case while it’s near an unlocked iPhone, iPad, or Mac, an alert pops up asking if you want to pair to it. (Or, if necessary, letting you know that you grabbed the wrong AirPods case, and it’s paired to someone else’s equipment). Then, the action of pairing cause…

> and it's vanishingly unlikely that Google got this right. this is the fanboy part. I'm not a google fanboy (I own none of their products), but you can frame your comment differently (aka more neutrally). Just say what it is about the air pods you like, ask if google's pixel buds do the same, or just research it yourself and provide information as opposed to speculation. What makes it a fanboy comment is the bias, a…

That comment was informed by my experience with Google devices more than by my experience with Apple. I don't own airpods and have only owned one Apple device in my life (my current iPhone). But Android devices - across various OEMs including Google, and both stock Android and CM - have always seemed to make simple things far more annoying than they need to be, in my experience. Same with Chromecast.

(FYI, I'm the GP commenter but not the one you're replying to directly.)

Re: Google Pixel Buds

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Post by hajile »

komali2 wrote: post #278

> Listen all day long. > Get up to 5 hours with a single charge, If quarantine has taught me anything, it's that 5 hours is not all day lol. I've switched to wired headphones because my wireless weren't working for me working/walkingaround/etc all day, unlike when I was working and I'd only wear them during the commute in, gym, and commute home.

I recently gave in and picked up a Fiio BTR3. 11 hours, decent quality, and I get to continue using my nice, comfortable IEMs. I'll probably wind up getting a better-quality unit in the future. Even though it's still one more thing to charge, at least the sound is decent (not on the same level as a desktop amp, but I wouldn't expect that).

Re: Google Pixel Buds

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Post by mattacular »

tenacious_tuna wrote: post #221
mattacular wrote: post #200

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Seems like a really inefficient system. Bringing down the price of a finished good requires another entity's ability in making a separate clone of it?

I'm not sure how that's inefficient, it's pretty normal market dynamics. If the demand for a thing is high enough and the supply is low (or artificially controlled), then the provider can just freely set the price wherever they want. Enter a competitor, and now the competitor has incentive to undercut the original producer to capture their market segment, and then it's a battle between the two between the cost to pro…

I guess I will eagerly await the price drop from these highly competitive products that aren't designed to be used in the others ecosystem.

Re: Google Pixel Buds

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Post by halostatue »

rooam-dev wrote: post #131
bzb3 wrote: post #80

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What, Apple not sucking up to whatever new format Google wants to shove into the web?

But if it's a better experience for customers, why not?

It’s not. WebP doesn’t have hardware decoders, which means that it’s going to be hell on batteries.

Re: Google Pixel Buds

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Post by postalrat »

oblio wrote: post #296
postalrat wrote: post #257

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I assume hearing damage from wearing an earbud for many hours of the day.

Unless you turn the volume up, is this really the case?

Who knows. People are just starting to wear these types of earbuds for extended periods of time.

Re: Google Pixel Buds

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Post by scarface74 »

banachtarski wrote: post #351
brirec wrote: post #342

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not at all a fanboy comment. Apple uses proprietary extensions to Bluetooth in order to facilitate very quick and easy device pairing. If you open an AirPods case while it’s near an unlocked iPhone, iPad, or Mac, an alert pops up asking if you want to pair to it. (Or, if necessary, letting you know that you grabbed the wrong AirPods case, and it’s paired to someone else’s equipment). Then, the action of pairing cause…

> and it's vanishingly unlikely that Google got this right. this is the fanboy part. I'm not a google fanboy (I own none of their products), but you can frame your comment differently (aka more neutrally). Just say what it is about the air pods you like, ask if google's pixel buds do the same, or just research it yourself and provide information as opposed to speculation. What makes it a fanboy comment is the bias, a…

That’s like saying it’s vanishingly unlikely that Google will get a chat app right.

It’s precedent.

Re: Google Pixel Buds

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Post by scarface74 »

asdkhadsj wrote: post #116
bzb3 wrote: post #78

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Big companies care about what their customers care. Customers don't care about replaceable batteries, or at least not enough to stop buying.

And this is where government needs to step in, imo. We can't let peoples shopping habits decide what environmental damage is done. edit : Interesting downvotes. I would appreciate clarification and discussion. My opinion is such that people will not choose to better the environment. People have let the oceans fill with plastic for years . What faith do you have in the the population as a whole to adapt to environment…

I have less faith in the government to give them anymore power than they already have.

Re: Google Pixel Buds

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Post by wodenokoto »

WhyNotHugo wrote: post #319
dang wrote: post #291

All: just so you know, we changed the URL from https://store.google.com/product/pixel_buds to a more readable article. Some of the comments are about the original site.

Visiting that link takes me to the store, but no buds listed there. Maybe they're region-locked? (Note: Not redirected. It's that same URL, but only lists other products).

Yes, it is region locked. I would call it region hidden, as google go the extra mile to make it look like nothing is there. It is possible to get a link to the actual page, someone further down in the comments shared that.

Re: Google Pixel Buds

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Post by marcus_holmes »

fireattack wrote: post #249
marcus_holmes wrote: post #192

Please Google, just because my browser is in Berlin, that doesn't mean I speak German. I'd like to look at your product. I might even be interested. But I can't understand what you're telling me. I have language preferences in my account, and you definitely know who I am because you're showing my picture in the top right corner. So why does where I am take precedence over who I am?

This is an e-store page. It makes sense to follow the region instead of language preferences. The problem is they ideally should separate UI language from region settings, but most sites don't. And they may have some difficulties to do so because they could have specific products that they simply don't have info in languages other than the local one. If you just want to read the description, you can simply change the…

No, this is ridiculous. Being located in Germany/Japan doesn't make me suddenly able to understand German/Japanese. I can walk into a shop in Berlin and point at things until they conclude the transaction - there is nothing in German law that means I have to conduct the transaction in German. (Though because most Berliners' English is excellent, usually the entire transaction is in English).

If a retail store physically located in Germany can cope with my ignorance of the local language without ever meeting me before, then Google, with it's vast knowledge of me - and my specific choice of language preference - should be able to do the same.

In other words - there's absolutely no good reason why I can't use either the Google or Apple stores in the country I live in but using any language I choose.

Also - switching region to one that speaks a language I understand usually means I then can't select a delivery address in the region that I live in. It's like they refuse to sell things to people who don't understand the official language of the country.

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