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[โ€“] kepix@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

cause you live in a part of the world, that has already gave up. including yourself.

[โ€“] Redex68@lemmy.world 6 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

I mean, I didn't give up anything? What do I have to give up? The user experience is objectively way better with wireless earbuds. You don't have to care about a cable being tugged around, battery life is a non-issue for me. I've never ran out of battery on my headphones and modern connectivity is pretty good, I've never had them fail to connect or anything like that. The only people that have any sort of benefit from wired headphones are audiophiles, that I can assure you 95% of people are not. They will not notice a difference between the headphone jack and wireless earbuds. Even if you gave me a headphone jack, I wouldn't use it. I just do not have a reason to use one. I've been using wireless Wi-Fi headsets for my PC for a long while now, I don't even use a headphone jack on my PC. It's just way more convenient having wireless headsets.

[โ€“] vala@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

The user experience is objectively way better with wireless earbuds

Not objectively. There are plenty of problems with Bluetooth headphones. If you don't do anything "serious" with audio it's not a problem.

But:

  • Audio quality is worse (mathematical fact)
  • Latency is high
    • So high it's impossible to make music / play beats via Bluetooth
  • Packets drop due to external interference

All of this can be solved with USBC audio but that's not wireless of course.

[โ€“] bollybing@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)
  • Audio quality is worse (mathematical fact)

I cannot tell the difference

  • Latency is high

I cannot tell, even when gaming

Packets drop due to external interference

Only had an issue once in a busy airport, otherwise not an issue for me.

I'm not saying my case is universal and there's no reason anyone would ever want a 3.5mm jack, but there's plenty of people like me who would really never use it.

[โ€“] vala@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Yeah like I said in my original comment, if you don't do anything serious with audio then it doesn't matter. However if you do, then it matters and BT just simply isn't good enough.

Apple themselves even admit this. If you open up Logic on iPad (a digital audio workstation made by apple) it warns you that using Bluetooth is going to suck.

Edit: Also worth pointing out my original comment isn't about analog headphones jacks Vs Bluetooth it's about wired vs Bluetooth. USB C is fine in terms of the complaints I'm making about BT.

You don't really know the meaning of objective do you?

Look at the thread for "objective" reasons people want the jack.