Beyond the lights. Does the for the techies approach work?

  • zeus ⁧ ⁧ ∽↯∼
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    1 year ago

    ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ i bought my current phone because of its headphone jack


    this is mostly about bluetooth, but some of it applies to usb-c + dongle:

    i have a cheap pair of earphones in my pocket (which i’m prepared to lose). another by the door. a more expensive set of headphones upstairs. a speaker in the kitchen. and when i get in a friend’s car or go to their house, i can just plug my phone in and it works without the aggravation of having to pair to their speaker

    tell me, oh “you can just buy a dongle” people, what am i supposed to do? buy one and accept that i’ll lose it all the time? buy 5 and keep one plugged into every 3.5mm i own and don’t own?

    plus, y’know - takes slightly more battery, hassle to pair, can’t charge and use dongle, all the other obvious issues

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    • @[email protected]
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      41 year ago

      Yep, kinda similar setup here. I’ve got multiple types of headsets for various situations:

      • A Plantronics headset for work (taking calls and meetings and stuff)
      • A Beyerdynamic DT880, which is my main for listening to music at home
      • A Sony WH-1000XM5, which I use in wired mode during travel, for it’s noise cancellation features
      • An Avantree E171, which I use during running and workouts

      I don’t really want to buy a dongle for everything, not to mention, you’d then run into the issue of not being able to charge your phone while using the dongle, unless you get a dongle that also allows charging and… it’s just not a nice solution.