Seven years later, Apple was right to kill off the 3.5mm headphone jack
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Re: Seven years later, Apple was right to kill off the 3.5mm headphone jack
#2According to Apple it might be.
But we aren't asking any end users in the article, because screw them, right?
Anything that enables the environmental irresponsibility of AirPods is only "right" from the perspective of the shareholder.
Certainly not the species.
Re: Seven years later, Apple was right to kill off the 3.5mm headphone jack
#3I’m holding on to my iPhone 6S until it dies irreparably, and would have probably bought a new iPhone by now otherwise, exclusively because all of my headphones are wired and I hate messing with bluetooth. But sure, great decision.
Re: Seven years later, Apple was right to kill off the 3.5mm headphone jack
#4Previously: "AirPods don't “just work”" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30084901
Re: Seven years later, Apple was right to kill off the 3.5mm headphone jack
#5According to Apple it might be. But we aren't asking any end users in the article, because screw them, right? Anything that enables the environmental irresponsibility of AirPods is only "right" from the perspective of the shareholder. Certainly not the species.
What is the environmental irresponsibility of AirPods?
Re: Seven years later, Apple was right to kill off the 3.5mm headphone jack
#6I’m holding on to my iPhone 6S until it dies irreparably, and would have probably bought a new iPhone by now otherwise, exclusively because all of my headphones are wired and I hate messing with bluetooth. But sure, great decision.
Why wouldn’t the $9 lightning to 3.5mm adapter solve your problem?
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#7That’s a joke. 7 years later I am still picking up headphones then remembering I can’t plug them in without going to find a dongle. If there was an iPhone with a headphone jack I would buy it.
Re: Seven years later, Apple was right to kill off the 3.5mm headphone jack
#8According to Apple it might be. But we aren't asking any end users in the article, because screw them, right? Anything that enables the environmental irresponsibility of AirPods is only "right" from the perspective of the shareholder. Certainly not the species.
What is the environmental irresponsibility of AirPods?
You cannot replace the batteries without prying them apart, and Apple by default just tells you to throw them away and buy new ones.
There are rare earth minerals in the speaker drivers.
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#9I’m holding on to my iPhone 6S until it dies irreparably, and would have probably bought a new iPhone by now otherwise, exclusively because all of my headphones are wired and I hate messing with bluetooth. But sure, great decision.
Why wouldn’t the $9 lightning to 3.5mm adapter solve your problem?
They didn't have one until Apple created it.
Now they should have lower fidelity audio, and/or more shit to carry around and fiddle with, and/or fail unexpectedly when least needed?
You actually can't understand the consumer side of this? Or just like Apple?
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#10Surely even people who love Apple a lot must realize that this is is just propaganda, right?
"Apple was right all along, says Apple"