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

  • xspurnx@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    11 days ago

    We used to share our tunes with a simple Y-cable.

    Anyone have a tip for me on how to connect two Bluetooth headphones to one device? I’ve tried on Android (Samsung) and an iPad with no luck… I’m back to the good old Y-cable I’ve used since the Walkman days.

  • gmtom@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 days ago

    I really can’t stand people that make this argument, I felt the same way at first, but then I actually started using Bluetooth headphones and they are frankly just better, in almost every way.

    And if you really want wired headphones still, you can just buy an inline adapter for like £2.

  • Lojcs@lemm.eeEnglish
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    11 days ago

    Had horrible audio quality both due to being unpowered and the constant cable dangling noise, didn’t stay in the ear due to the cables’ weight pulling them down, didn’t last long due to the cables getting tangled while carrying, you couldn’t wear in bed or during sports or with large coats due to the cables, you couldn’t move away from your phone due to the cable length or if you forgot they yanked your phone off the table…

  • kraftpudding@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 days ago

    Yes, but they would break because the cable frayed, and you would randomly get yanked when they got caught in something. Also, they were hellish to detangle.

  • 2ugly2live@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 days ago

    I get the charging part, but… You can buy cords for your buds if that’s what you like. You can still buy just regular headphones, even if you don’t have the jack you can get a USB adaptor. And, yes, they had no Bluetooth, but eventually they’d get to that point where you had to hold it just right for both ears to play. My last ear buds were from AliExpress, they were both less than $5 and have been going strong for almost a year. If I did that back in the day it would be like listening to music in the other room. You needed at least $10-$15 to get usable headphone.

    Headphones aren’t ruined because I have the choice to not have them yanked from my ears by every door handle.

  • Obinice@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 days ago

    What do you mean used to?

    That’s still what I use. I have seen people using the wireless ones though, they seem quite popular at the moment.

    I’m just not sold on the idea of earphones that have planned obsolescence built in, and require Bluetooth.

    My current earphones are fab, I’ve been using them for 10 years now, and they plug in to everything and work with everything.

    Why downgrade to something that’ll have a ruined battery after 2 years, doesn’t work with most stuff, and let’s also not forget sometimes doesn’t work at all because the battery might need charging.

    My wired earphones have not once refused to work for any reason, period.

    • accideath@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      11 days ago

      Fair but back when I still used wired headphones on the regular, the things that annoyed me enough about wired headphones to go wireless were:

      • the need to untangle them, every time I pulled them out of my pocket

      • the cable lasting significantly shorter than any pair of wireless earbuds I‘ve owned (which aren’t many. I got my first pair in early 2019 and my second one end of last year, while I had to buy new wired earbuds at least once a year)

      • the hassle of pulling the cable through my clothes, so they don’t get caught

      • the cable, through its own weight constantly pulling on my earbuds when I move, so I constantly had to readjust it, so it wouldn’t pull them out of my rest

      • because most don’t come with a case, I lost the silicon tips surprisingly often.

      • they got yanked out of my ear, either when I got caught on something or when I pulled down my pants and didn’t take my phone out of my pocket first.

      Wired earbuds aren’t perfect, at least not for everyone. Sure, they can last longer, but in praxis, for me they didn’t (and I didn’t buy the cheapest no-name earbuds either). And also, I don’t use my earbuds with a lot of different devices, so I don’t need them to be able to connect to anything. Them needing to be charged is a bit annoying at times but so do my phone and my laptop. I prefer the inconvenience of plugging them in once a week to untangling them for a minute every time I want to use them.

      Last year, when my wireless AirPods had finally kicked the can after 4½ years, I used the wired Apple EarPods, I had laying around, for a month or so. They’re decent but dealing with the cable got on my nerves quickly, so I got myself some 40€ wireless earbuds again and am much happier. I do still use wired headphones but they’re over-ears, for when I want to actively listen to music in lossless quality instead of just having something for when I’m on the go.

  • Wrench@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 days ago

    And they also got tangled easy, caught on things, and winding them up to put them away was annoying.

  • TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 days ago

    While the major issue with wireless earbuds is that they could easily be lost, I’d prefer that over the old wired earphones which gets tangled up or yanked accidentally. If you also buy good quality wireless earphones, you would never lose sound on either left or right earpiece, unlike with the wired ones which often happens no matter the quality. But I still keep my wired earphones as a backups in case I lose my more precious wireless earphones or breaks.

    • Alexstarfire@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      11 days ago

      How do you lose sound in one ear with a wired connection? Haven’t heard of that problem before. At least, not the jack being the problem.

    • Th0rgue@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      11 days ago

      This. Baught a phone with jack, but exclusively use wireless. Kept my wired headphones as backup and for in planes.

    • yamanii@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      11 days ago

      If you also buy good quality earphones, you would never lose sound on either left or right earpiece, unlike with the wireless ones which often happens no matter the quality

      • TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        11 days ago

        Wired earphones are bound to more mechanical failures because they are susceptible to being tangled and yanked than wireless ones lol. I will pick wireless earphones any day.

  • Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.eeEnglish
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    11 days ago

    Things that are cheap arent as financially successful as things that are not, even if the more expressive product offers a worse experience.

    It’s super undemocratic when megacorps or politicians can completely ignore & overrule more than 3/4 of the population & force them/us into something for the financial good of the few.

    Eg like railroads, even fairly big corporations would/did prefer railroads directly to their factories, not to mention people traveling by train.
    It was good but too cheap on every step.
    And with minimal running costs compared to alternatives, so extra too cheap.

    No car roads ever need to be more than one lane, for everything else (all the current extra lanes) there should be rail tracks giving the people freedom to not-drive at all, or the freedom to drive the last bit & otherwise park the car on a train cart.
    …
    And giving us and nature more space back, not having huge, wide scars all over the surface decimating, separating, and profoundly changing what’s left of the ecosystems. And just not having too look and hear all the traffic & trucks is also nice, or being surrounded by huge paved-over surfaces.

    And also, my peeps, fight the system with usb dacamps usb --> 3.5mm and/or 4.4mm (they start at ultra-cheap and even those are usually as good as most phones used to have):

    • naeap@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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      11 days ago

      Those USB adapters always seem to damage the USB port (or their side of it breaks) when I put the phone in my pocket.
      Tried several of them, because I have some expensive headphone pairs. I even tried to use a Bluetooth thingie with a jack, but having a second device to charge wasn’t really convenient as well…

  • FlashZordon@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 days ago

    The ease of pairing Bluetooth headphones lately is pretty nice as well as not having to run a wire up my shirt to avoid snagging.

    I do look back kind of fondly on physically plugging in my headphones and just having it work.