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Earbuds (reddthat.com)
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We used to have earbuds that don't need to be charged because they had a headphone jack, didn't get lost so easily because they had a cord attached to a headphone jack, never lost the bluetooth connection because they had a headphone jack, and they cost less because they had a headphone jack. https://bsky.app/profile/daisyfm.bsky.social/post/3l3mfjc6sn62k

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[–] Phoenix3875@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago (4 children)

There are USB-C headphones.

[–] Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 24 points 2 months ago (1 children)

We used to be able to use headphones and charge our phones at the same time

[–] IsThisAnAI@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

And you still can.

[–] Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

What phone has two sockets? I'm interested, especially since my current one is about to die

[–] noodlejetski@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

there are a few, (I think the gaming-focused Asus ROG phones do), but I guess the other poster means shelling out for something like this:

a USB-C accessory with a headphone jack made my Baseus

[–] IsThisAnAI@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

All of them

2 in 1 USB C to 3.5mm Headphone and Charger Adapter, USB C to AUX Mic Jack with PD 60W Fast Charging for Stereo, Earphones, Compatible with Samsung Galaxy S24/S23/S23+/S22, Google Pixel 7/6 https://a.co/d/gqbWD53

[–] Luccus 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Which cannot connect to a phone unless it's unlocked, as accepting every USB-C connection carries security risks. They also require negotiation, which can fail at any time, meaning you have to unlock, disconnect, reconnect.

I also have a nice, external (and still cheap) DAC on my computer. It has a headphone jack. This means I need to be able to disconnect the USB-C dongle from my headphones, unless I want to have two separate headphones for my phone and my PC. By extension this requires me to go searching for the dongle from time to time.

I love USB-C. But the headphone jack had what companies and people claim to want: simplicity.

Headphone jacks solved a single but extremly common problem very well. USB-C provides a workaround for it.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

that's really interesting. USB-C was meant to be the one peripheral to unite them all: data, video, audio.

But no one considered that video/audio don't typically need to be security vetted, so shovelling them down the same wire protocol as data makes them less useful not more, and now we have to solve a hardware problem with software to let a simple media piece through.

Our desire for tech unity has regressed us

[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I don't think anybody wanted that unity for headphones.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

say what you want, Bluetooth headphones are popular and practical, and their only caveat is battery life

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

What's next, PCI-e headphones?

[–] Landless2029@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

And adaptors