So stupid. What a blatant attempt at grabbing money.
Headphone ports are one of the last truly ubiquitous pieces of technology still in use today. 1/8" headphone jacks work in EVERYTHING. And we want to throw that all away, because technology.
Headphone ports are one of the last truly ubiquitous pieces of technology still in use today. 1/8" headphone jacks work in EVERYTHING. And we want to throw that all away, because technology.
More seriously, tradeoffs between things like water resistance vs wired headphones? wrap around screens vs non wraparound screens? etc etc.
None of these new school dips seem to care about interoperability, or the TRILLIONS of devices out there today that use those ports (everything from TI calculators to 70's stereo amplifiers to random garage kit) with their simple and easy-to-analyze signals.
We are the center of this complexity fetishism, and we should be ashamed of ourselves for it.
All I ask is that the solution presented than headphone ports is better. Bluetooth is so far away from being "better" that literally the only thing it has going for it is wireless.
You'll never see more than tepid support (if any) from the Sennheisers or Grados or whatever because you can't drive high-quality cans without a proper amp, of which batteries can't provide the power to. The audio scene will continue its ghettofication into more shitty 'trendsetters' pimping colorful, low-quality, compressed, lossy plastic trash.
People really want a future full of thes proprietary incompatible walled gardens? This is why standardization became a thing in the first place! Which means the pendulum will eventually swing back into motion -- hopefully wiping the board clean of all these "technologists" and "entrepreneurs"
I wonder if OP is busy defending Serial, Parallel, and even the PS/2 port to this day as well?
This new shit doesn't do that.
I'm sorry this is ridiculous. To imply that a common wireless standard prevents you from connecting hardware basically ends the conversation here, as your point of view is refusing to see both sides.
There's a weird mesh of which devices can talk to which receivers. Just the other day I bought a new V4 USB receiver that refused to talk to an old wireless headset, and problems like these are emdemic.
You know what format didn't have these problems? 1/8" headphone jacks. Because it is simple, and analog, and DOESN'T CHANGE.
Can I talk my best friend's telescope? What about my coworkers oscilloscope? What about the kiln in our chem lab, or the cash register at the deli I bought lunch at? Old CANBUS ports?
What does bluetooth talk to? Headphones, fitness trackers, car stereos... and aside from a few random appliances, not much else.
Yeah maybe in twenty years when everything and their mother was made with bluetooth support, but that is a LONG ways away
I'm still waiting on a explanation of why upgrading mouses and keyboards to USB was worthwhile? In fact, it was a downgrade on windows 95/98 which demanded they be plugged into the same port after a restart.
I use USB too, but PS/2 has its pluses.
> It required a special port which couldn't be used for anything else, taking up extra space and making plugging your device in less convenient.
I don't find that a negative, the mouse is always connected and I've never once thought "I wish I could unplug the mouse so I can plug in the printer and charge my phone".
> It's so convenient by comparison to be able to plug a keyboard or mouse into whichever USB port is easiest and have it just work without special drivers.
For most people with a standard mouse and keyboard this was never an issue (except for the scroll wheel one you mentioned). For non-standard ones, it still has to install a driver doesn't it? I thought windows just installed it transparently.