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It’s funny how blatantly every streaming service waits for Netflix to do anything bold before doing same thing.

It’s like what happens when Apple does something like removing headphone socket. Backlash from the loud minority “I’ll never buy another iPhone again”. then every competitor quietly follows.

(In Australia, Binge app – the main local streamer with HBO shows etc – also started ads a few months ago, with a higher ad-free tier.)

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Still made about the removal of the headphone socket though...

Same. BT is expensive garbage.

Some headsets now come with USB-C connectors instead of 3.5mm jack. For example Koss PortaPro.

In a decade or two when every device has the USB-C instead of 3.5, I will be pretty excited about that. Until then I have to spend my time searching out those dongles.

It's not so bad. Buy a half-dozen dongles, grab a new one from the pile when your current one breaks, and buy another half-dozen when you take the last one from the pile. I find Best Buy's Insignia brand lasts longest. Is it as good a headphone jack? No. But it's not that bad either.

Yeah, it is not the worst thing to deal with. I have adopted this strategy and the end result is I have to spend more money and walk around my house looking for them from time to time. Not terrible.

I'm still mad about it.

Need at least 2 usb-c connectors so you can charge as well

Nokia, Fairphone Androids have 3.5mm headphone sockets still btw.

As does Sony

Fairphone got rid of the headphone jack last I looked.

In this case Netflix followed the other ad supported networks.

Just waiting for spotify to do it too.

They already have ads in podcasts.

I adamantly refuse to buy a USB c headset because I'm sure in 2 years there will be a new standard.

USB-C is legally mandated in the EU, and Apple finally switched over their entire lineup. It doesn't seem like it's going anywhere any time soon.

This isn’t exactly true. An industry consensus is demanded in the EU, that just happens to be USB-C ATM. The rules are flexible enough to allow for technology advance, as long as everyone does it all at once.

Where everyone is defined by everyone big enough to send delegations to implementer forums and dictate top down standards to everyone else.

Remember HDCP?

USB micro was introduced in 2007 and is only now on its way out.

I'm pretty sure we have at least decade or two of USB-C.

It also got to the point when nothing but laptops and external hard drives need full capability of it so I think it will live for longer.

USB 4 uses the same port so it will be around for another 10 years most likely.

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