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Rule of Big Tech (lemmy.world)
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[–] 141 points 2 years ago (4 children)

As the message says, the PS5 doesn't support any Bluetooth audio. It doesn't matter if it's made by Sony, you cannot connect audio devices to a PS5 via Bluetooth.

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  • [–] [S] 106 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Ps4 does, what pepega shit is this

    (It is a meme I stole I am not currently attempting to connect a headset, but I am nonetheless bothered by ps5s lack of bluetooth)

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  • [–] 71 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    Most likely they'd have to pay royalties to use Bluetooth software on their device, and they deemed the cost too high. The same thing is true for HDMI and other things. They're proprietary, so sometimes devices won't support it so they don't have to pay royalties. (Unrelated, but I honestly don't understand how HDMI still exists though with DisplayPort being available without the licensing costs. It just controls so much of the market that it can't die.)

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  • [–] 37 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    why do companies want to pay royalties for hdmi when display port is better

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  • [–] 30 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    99% of the people I know have no clue what Display Port is, while even my tech-illiterate grandparents know about HDMI.

    The people you're ultimately selling to are more important than almost anything else in the equation.

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  • [–] 23 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    There was a point where hdmi was new too. DisplayPort is superior, it should be the new standard

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago

    When HDMI was new, none of is predecessors were even 10% as universally known as HDMI is today.

    DVI, VGA, Component, Composite, a few different Coax options... it was all over the place.

    It's like trying to overtake Facebook today and arguing that there were social media sites before Facebook. Sure, but they weren't nearly the same Goliath.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I can't find anything about Bluetooth being proprietary and requiring royalty fees.

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  • [–] 24 points 2 years ago

    You should read the table you linked - none of those fees relate to the cost per unit because there isn’t one. Sony locked out Bluetooth to enforce profitability in their accessory market for PS5 for themselves and their partners.

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  • [–] 29 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    It didn't originally, but it had a bluetooth transmitter it was using for the joycons and other controllers. A system update in 2021 added bluetooth audio support. The patch noted that not every headset would work, and microphones won't work at all, but it's there. Go to System Settings -> Bluetooth Audio to use it. I haven't had any problems getting stuff to connect, but I've also only tried pairing two things so that's a tiny sample size. One of those has volume control that successfully sends volume up/down commands to the Switch, the other fails to adjust the volume.

    The PS5 also uses bluetooth for its controllers, so they could do the same thing if they wanted.

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