Comment on Parallel Empires

Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• MBech@feddit.dk ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I love the destruction of the aux. It forced me to get a wireless headset, and I no longer have to bother untangling wires, or buying a new crappy headset every 2-3 weeks because the wires would break. Also, the quality of the sound in my wireless headset is waaaay better than any wired I ever tried.

  Sure, they cost more, but the quality and convenience are so worth it, and I wouldn’t have done the switch if I hadn’t been forced.

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  • Kaerkob@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    They cost more, have to be charged, add a conversion step to the audio, often sound worse. Can I plug my Sony MDR-7506s that I’ve had for 30 years and use every day? Sure if I get a converter… But even that uses up a usb-c port that I could be using for something else.

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    • buttnugget@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      What is the conversion process for the audio?

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      • cabb@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        You have to convert the audio to a bluetooth compatible codec like LDAC instead of just using the audio file. This compresses the signal and loses data.

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• gmtom@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Macbooks still have a headphone jack.

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  • JimVanDeventer@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

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    • obrien_must_suffer@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I was going to say this generation was conveniently excluded from OP.

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      • bhamlin@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        The top looks like an m1 macbook, which has a 3.5mm jack opposite the two USB c

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• piefood@feddit.online ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Did it? All of the laptops I've gotten in the past 5 years still have those ports. But I don't buy Apple stuff.

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• CatDogL0ver@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I also missed the headphone jack until I was running one day and I got tripped by the wire.

  I still want more USB ports. Just two ports, Apple? WT fridge?

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• sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  It’s so dumb. I’m obviously going to keep using non-proprietary headphones. Even if I have to buy a whole docking station with an aux jack.

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