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What's your view on Nothing? (discuss.tchncs.de)
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Beyond the lights. Does the for the techies approach work?

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[–] 9 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

¯\_(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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  • [–] 4 points 2 years 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.

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