XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2024-11-04 08:18, Andrews wrote:   
   > *Hemidactylus* wrote on Mon, 04 Nov 2024 11:10:22 +0000 :   
   >   
   >>> In five years I'm on my third pair of BT earpods. In the flip side, I still   
   >>> have wired headphones that are decades old which work perfectly well.   
   >>> Progress?   
   >>>   
   >> I have higher quality headphones not "pods". And they hold a charge for   
   >> quite a time. Not being tethered is progress as is not using an auxillary   
   >> cable in my car. Bluetooth has been reliable for me and sound quality ok.   
   >> Again one can use an adaptor cable for the jack into headphones or aux in a   
   >> car or into RCA adaptors for a home entertainment center. I've done the   
   >> latter, playing my phone through a cable into a home system. The loss of a   
   >> headphone specific hole in the phone is a non-issue seized upon by local   
   >> miscreants for their trolling agenda.   
   >   
   > It's Apple's fundamentally basic marketing strategy to limit users' choice.   
   > By restricting users' choices, Apple ends up making *lots of money*.   
   >   
   > Chris is correct.   
   >   
   > He has the choice of either bluetooth or wired.   
   > You do not.   
      
   Wrong.   
      
   Simply, factually wrong.   
      
      
      
      
      
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