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datum (n=1)

@fraggle with headphones for $12-15 the limit to audio quality is not going to be the bit depth of the audio, but the quality of the earbuds.

For 99% of people, why does it matter if the same power powers the driver, but the bits of the wave get to the amplifier by bluetooth or by lightning?

Why isn't it ok to sidestep apple's gatekeeping on plug-in earbuds?

31 May at 23:28 | Wall-to-wall | Open on zeroes.ca
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punIssuer

@datum you can probably power wired headphones with the energy those two bluetooth audio stacks need
@fraggle

1 June at 10:59 | Open on universeodon.com
Tina H

@datum @fraggle Because of airplane mode? Where you'd like to listen to music on your wired headphones?

Ok, Apple *is* crap, but not THAT crap.

2 June at 14:28 | Open on mastodon.babb.no
datum (n=1)

@tina @fraggle

Yes I understand that with bluetooth off the headphones won't work, heh.

Do people really use airplane mode while listening to headphones?

Since laypeople apparently already know "bluetooth on" to get wired headphones to work, wouldn't they just disable wifi and baseband instead, in that case?

"Airplane" mode isn't even demanded on flights any more I don't think? There's no rush of people reaching for devices.

The <1% of users who actually need all radios off might exist but they're not a big population. Radio astronomers? People attending a software security conference? Military (who shouldn't be plugging in untrusted devices anyways)?

It's wrong to sell those headphones without explicitly saying they use bluetooth, but that lack of transparency is the actual problem, from my perspective.

@tina @fraggle

Yes I understand that with bluetooth off the headphones won't work, heh.

Do people really use airplane mode while listening to headphones?

Since laypeople apparently already know "bluetooth on" to get wired headphones to work, wouldn't they just disable wifi and baseband instead, in that case?

2 June at 16:16 | Open on zeroes.ca
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