Gregory's ServerFound a #cursed Lightning to "wired" headphone jack adapter that requires Bluetooth (to avoid paying Apple's MFI tax)
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    I recall he didn’t actually get that the problem is that Apple makes it more financially viable to put a fucking bluetooth receiver in cheap wired earphones
 marcin, not anymore though. Thank god Lightning is on its way out. Several more years and there won't be such a thing as an "iPhone charger" and "Android charger".  @th wireless wires are the most cursed shit that only the greed of scummy corporations could give birth to
 Andrew, I'm not that surprised. You'd probably have to have an ASIC made. That's expensive. The protocol might not be practical to bit-bang on an MCU that's cheap enough and small enough to fit into an adapter. Meanwhile you can buy bluetooth audio ICs by the bucket for pennies.  |
@th Some weeks ago, I read a thread of someone who wanted to buy an adapter for wired headphones at an airport but was unable to find one that did not require Bluetooth, although it wasn't stated on the packages. For all the not tech-savvy people in the store, the connection between headphones and Bluetooth was obvious, for the tech-savvy, it simply hurt.