Re: did this group die?

*Hemidactylus* wrote on Mon, 04 Nov 2024 11:10:22 +0000 :
 

In five years I'm on my third pair of BT earpods. In the flip side, I still
have wired headphones that are decades old which work perfectly well.
Progress?
>

I have higher quality headphones not "pods". And they hold a charge for
quite a time. Not being tethered is progress as is not using an auxillary
cable in my car. Bluetooth has been reliable for me and sound quality ok.
Again one can use an adaptor cable for the jack into headphones or aux in a
car or into RCA adaptors for a home entertainment center. I've done the
latter, playing my phone through a cable into a home system. The loss of a
headphone specific hole in the phone is a non-issue seized upon by local
miscreants for their trolling agenda.

 It's Apple's fundamentally basic marketing strategy to limit users' choice.
By restricting users' choices, Apple ends up making *lots of money*.
 Chris is correct.
 He has the choice of either bluetooth or wired.
You do not.