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[-] AmosBurton_ThatGuy@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Hot take, but people that want 3.5 jacks back are just a (very) vocal minority. I've never met a single person IRL that prefers wired over wireless, I sure don't miss getting my cable snagged on things or just having it dangling around. I have a nice set of wired Sennheisers for my PC and then decent wireless buds I use when I'm out.

The headphone jack is not gonna come back. Buy an adapter if you care that much or just use wireless buds like 99% of people these days. Mine last a full 10 hour shift with battery to spare, a normal 8 hour shift isn't gonna kill the batteries on your buds unless you buy 10$ garbage.

Edit: also the 3.5 jack or cable generally stopped working or got fuzzy/bad connections long before the buds themselves started to go. Had to replace headphones so many times cause the jack got shitty or the cable wore out due to use. Sure the batteries in wireless buds will lose capacity over time but my current pair is over 2 years old and I only charge the case once a week with 40 hours of use per week.

[-] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 30 points 2 days ago

Fun fact - a 3.5mm jack doesn't stop you from using Bluetooth!

[-] UnityDevice@startrek.website 10 points 2 days ago

I wish people would remember that after 8 years of explaining.

[-] dragonlobster@programming.dev 32 points 2 days ago

This is just stupid. The point is having options. It's not like having a 3.5mm jack stopped you from having wireless buds. What do you mean “prefer wired over wireless” when everyone had the choice of both since fucking forever

[-] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 0 points 16 hours ago

You can also buy a USB-C <-> 3.5mm adapter for like 10 bucks.

[-] GhiLA@sh.itjust.works 24 points 2 days ago

Instructions unclear. Ended up with a modern FLAC player with a headphone jack, now it's full of music and I'm pirating again. Yo ho ho!

[-] kogasa@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago

You can also get a bluetooth amp/dac and plug your wired headphones into there. I use a Qudelix 5k for my IEMs at home and I can just put it in my pocket if I want to take them out.

[-] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago

Out of curiosity what did ya get? Been looking into getting one myself, but its kinda a niche thing ya know.

[-] GhiLA@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

Hifiman one, little square. He's a nice little piece of kit. I put Rockbox on it. You lose Bluetooth but it dual boots into the stock firmware and hates my 2014 Civic anyway.

[-] stevegiblets@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago

absolutely incorrect you strange person. I will never use wireless headphones. I don't need to charge my wired ones and they always work

[-] CaptPretentious@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

It's almost like that 99% is because they don't have an alternate option.

I've had phones from the '90s that still work, so not sure what $5 headphones you were using or what you were doing with them. I'm fairly confident that no matter what price point none of your pod things will function 20-30 years from now. Is that mean you haven't lost them by then.

[-] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 1 points 1 day ago

When I worked for a phone manufacturer I learned that their market research found that features like a headphone jack and SD card slot were pretty exclusively needed at the budget end of the market while the higher end generally didn't care about the lack of these features. I don't know that I fully agree with this, but to some degree it kinda makes sense

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