ppl still complaining about headphone jack in the big 2025

@the_gayest_goat_in_town that it isn’t, i’ve never seen anyone complain of its presence

@the_gayest_goat_in_town you can always find Someone for any possible opinion

@h i feel like this is my most boomer tech complaint bc i still never quite understood why they got rid of it beyond the BS reason of making the product thinner, which, they couldve made it thinner WITH the headphone jack still in tact iirc

@a i simply do not care at all, wireless is more convenient in every way unless youre awake for days without sleep

@h @a well, there are two potential issues that I both encountered already: broken bluetooth drivers, and the mess that is dualbooting a computer and not continuously transferring the pairing keys across both OSes.

I'm all for convenience (hence why I even have a set of bluetooth headphones to begin with!) but if one wants the reliability and audio quality (like, better than what Bluetooth can offer), one should just use wired headphones or speakers.

@awoo @a and usb c exists on phones still, so even then it’s just fine. laptops where bluetooth in my experience is handled worse still have headphone ports, and should imo at least until either usb c for audio is more standard or a better wireless audio system is commonplace

@h @a fair point with USB-C, but idk, it would be nice to have a headphone jack still. my phone has the issue where the audio it encodes is crackly, and on top of that, dropouts are not that uncommon. ironically, I had a better experience with Bluetooth on my MacBook than with my Pixel lol

@h why bother with an old technology that just works, when you can have something that

• is less reliable
• needs batteries
• is ~100x the price

?

@dlatchx because usb c exists and doesnt have those flaws so get over it

@dlatchx @h
I agree with this! Having to carry Bluetooth earbuds in a separate case with batteries I have to keep an eye on to connect them to a phone with finicky at best Bluetooth support is, uh, bad. Having a wad of wired headphones that I can toss in my pocket haphazardly and not worry about anything else is less bad.

@AppleAmps @dlatchx wires tangle, earbuds in a case that i only need to charge once every few days are great. and again, usb c exists so wired stuff is still an option