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fraggle

Yes, I understand, it's because Apple removed the headphone socket. Please stop telling me now.

31 May at 22:29 | Open on octodon.social
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Stinkie McPhee

@fraggle I mean, that doesn't explain why I bought myself a USB c headphone jack (with a charger pass-thru, sold as a USB sound card) for work, and that was also just a Bluetooth device.

31 May at 23:52 | Open on mastodon.social
Stefan Monnier

@fraggle Actually it's not just that, but also the licensing price they put on Lightning. I don't think the same absurd "audio over Bluetooth with power by wire" would make economic sense with USB.
IOW, Apple really went out of their way to create the conditions needed for this confusion

1 June at 15:24 | Open on oldbytes.space
tk

@fraggle OK, so apple requires every peripheral device (charging cable, headprones, etc.) to have a special chip from apple. The reason is that no manufacturer is allowed to create a device without apple permission. So apple gets money from every device even other manufacturers sell.

1 June at 16:40 | Open on nerdculture.de
Un Bourguignon πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ :firedoge:

@fraggle
And this is why I do choose my smartphones with the presence of such socket. No need of BT or small battery either.

2 June at 7:33 | Open on mastodon.social
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