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Librepods: AirPods liberated

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Re: Librepods: AirPods liberated

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Post by userbinator »

jackhalford wrote: post #15

> The aacp.rs and the att.rs files were translated from Kotlin to Rust with AI. Some parts of the media_controller.rs file, mainly the pulse integration, was also AI-generated. The future is now.

Not surprised at all; AI has dramatically lowered the bar to people wanting to create software they wouldn't otherwise have the time nor motivation to. Quality remains to be seen but IMHO it can only get better.

Re: Librepods: AirPods liberated

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Post by giancarlostoro »

jamwise wrote: post #12

If I wasn't certain Apple will do their best to patch every avenue to this working in the future it might be motivation to buy AirPods.

I would be surprised if they could. Linux on Macs is still a thing. In fact, Linux on Mac is why I keep all the Macs we have in the house from the mid to late 2000s because they still turn on and work, if I choose to install Linux on any of them they are still usable.

Re: Librepods: AirPods liberated

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Post by xrd »

VladVladikoff wrote: post #9

AirPods themselves aren’t really that great from an audiophile perspective. The only part I like about them is the integration with the Apple ecosystem. This is a fun project and cudos to whoever pulled it off, but I fail to see the motivation.

I'm not an apple person so this surprised me. I guess I have fallen for the "apple gear is expensive and must be the best" fallacy.

What are good options for similar wireless bud headphones?

Re: Librepods: AirPods liberated

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Post by Aurornis »

VladVladikoff wrote: post #9

AirPods themselves aren’t really that great from an audiophile perspective. The only part I like about them is the integration with the Apple ecosystem. This is a fun project and cudos to whoever pulled it off, but I fail to see the motivation.

AirPods are widely appreciated in audiophile communities. Especially with some EQ applied, which is easy and common these days and easy to find for AirPods.

They're never going to appeal to the audiophile communities that pride themselves on being different and/or expensive above all else, but they're actually good hardware with decent out of the box tuning. Apply some EQ on top if you so desire and they're very good.

Re: Librepods: AirPods liberated

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Post by freedomben »

frail_figure wrote: post #20
qsxfthnkp2322 wrote: post #17

I miss good wired earbuds.

Wired earbuds were great until they got caught on some piece of clothing and got ripped out.

For real, after being on wireless earbuds for quite some time and going back to wired, it is absolutely incredible how many things the cords get caught on. Even just your own hands!

Re: Librepods: AirPods liberated

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Post by daft_pink »

I feel the main useful feature that I’m looking for is the ability to use the unlimited multipoint on other devices. The 2 points that most other devices gives you is terrible. It would be nice to be able to quickly connect to my voip deskphone at work from time to time.

Re: Librepods: AirPods liberated

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Post by Aurornis »

To clarify because this is confusing: The AirPods work as regular old BlueTooth earbuds on other devices already. This is an implementation of some of the extra features and interfaces that are integrated into Apple products.
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