Ah, we’re back to the Nextel era, hooray! Which itself was caused by the fact that Nextel PTT was just more convenient to use by grab-and-talk than it was to bother opening the phone and switching to the handset speaker.
Tech bros and AirPods caused this current problem. Give a person something expensive, easy to lose, and unreliable that runs on batteries, they’re going to choose the safer loud option while traveling. Plain and simple. Tech bros see it as profit, completely ignoring the societal implications because that’s not their problem.
Affordable common wired headphones included with the device that don’t interfere with the power jack, nor require a battery, should always be the way.
Damn so many Nextel push to talk ads just came rushing back into my memory.
Also, how the fuck are AirPods “unreliable”??? I have a 1st gen pair that still works just as well as my other AirPod pro pair. They have hours of battery life and the case itself has an internal battery bank. How does profit have anything to do with wireless audio and the removal of phone jack??? They didn’t take away the jack to sell more headphones LMAO.
I hate wires and I’ll physically fight anyone who says we shouldn’t do wireless simply because some anssholes exist.
Everything has its place. At my desk with my computer, I don’t want to worry about keeping something charged, and it’s only ever connected to my computer, so I’ll use wired. If I’m listening to music at home or playing games on the couch I’ll use wireless over the ear headphones, and if I’m out and about I’ll use my AirPods.
Ah, we’re back to the Nextel era, hooray! Which itself was caused by the fact that Nextel PTT was just more convenient to use by grab-and-talk than it was to bother opening the phone and switching to the handset speaker.
Tech bros and AirPods caused this current problem. Give a person something expensive, easy to lose, and unreliable that runs on batteries, they’re going to choose the safer loud option while traveling. Plain and simple. Tech bros see it as profit, completely ignoring the societal implications because that’s not their problem.
Affordable common wired headphones included with the device that don’t interfere with the power jack, nor require a battery, should always be the way.
Edit: Spelling
Damn so many Nextel push to talk ads just came rushing back into my memory.
Also, how the fuck are AirPods “unreliable”??? I have a 1st gen pair that still works just as well as my other AirPod pro pair. They have hours of battery life and the case itself has an internal battery bank. How does profit have anything to do with wireless audio and the removal of phone jack??? They didn’t take away the jack to sell more headphones LMAO.
I hate wires and I’ll physically fight anyone who says we shouldn’t do wireless simply because some anssholes exist.
I’ve wasted countless hours waiting for people on zoom calls to sort out their stupid air pod issues.
That is absolutely why it was done.
Everything has its place. At my desk with my computer, I don’t want to worry about keeping something charged, and it’s only ever connected to my computer, so I’ll use wired. If I’m listening to music at home or playing games on the couch I’ll use wireless over the ear headphones, and if I’m out and about I’ll use my AirPods.