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

          • noodlejetski@lemm.eeEnglish
            3·
            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.worldEnglish
            55·
            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@feddit.orgEnglish
      203·
      2 months ago

      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.mlEnglish
        6·
        2 months ago

        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

          • tetris11@lemmy.mlEnglish
            1·
            2 months ago

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