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Someone With an iMac, iPhone, and iPad Might Soon Need Three Different Headphone Adapters (9to5mac.com)
According to reliable analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple's next iPad Pro will be switching from the Lightning Port to USB-C for the first time. It will also ship with a new 18W USB-C charger. 9to5Mac reports: While Kuo's memo mentions both the new iPad Pro with USB-C (wow) and MacBook with Touch ID, it's still unclear at this point if we'll see the iPad and Mac on stage at Wednesday's event, or if the September 12 date will be dedicated to iPhone and Apple Watch. That would be a massive change for an iOS device but one that could improve the iPad accessory ecosystem -- and be a boon for productivity. Kuo's memo does not suggest that this is simply a change from USB-A Lightning to USB-C Lightning but instead an actual port change on the iPad itself. Daring Fireball's John Gruber notes that if Kuo is correct, "someone with a Mac, iPhone, and iPad would need three different headphone adapters." That takes courage, Apple...
...and go with Bluetooth instead. TBH I'm not sure that's a bad idea.
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If only there were a standard headphone connector that worked everywhere. Some standard that had already been used and refined over time. Something simple. Something that was robust. Something that already had wide spread adoption.
They want your phones to only play approved content *(for their copyright monopoly side business) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-bandwidth_Digital_Content_Protection
Well, look on the bright side - we can have the courage to deal with worse audio quality and increased latency for worse audio/video syncing...
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Just to justify more expensive crap that is not needed?? WTF? Direct connections have worked for over 80 years, now some tech companies insist we all are 'bettered' with expensive must have peripherals that are inferior, more costly, and last about 6 hours while depleting the sources battery too? Bluetooth has always been a downgrade in listening quality, and also a vector attack. Who wants this, except for 3 letter agencies to gain access to our devices and ignorant young fools who do not realize the implications? Tech was supposed to make our lives better. Instead it's used to invade our privacy. My lifes warranty is about up anyway, I do weep for the future generations. They have no idea what they're giving up in exchange for the 'cool factor'.
One pair of Bluetooth headphones, there, problem solved.
and different problems introduced.
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TBH I'm not sure that's a bad idea.
Anyone who thinks this is as good idea doesn't have kids who regularly lose, break, and launder small items.
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Who would spend more for headphones than they do on their gadgets?
Many people. Your headphones will long outlast your gadgets and superior audio quality doesn't come cheap. BTW, it's way easier to tell the difference between great and crap audio with headphones than it is with speakers. Partly because room acoustics don't come into it.
When all you have is a hammer, every problem starts to look like a thumb.
You should try a 21st century bluetooth headset one day. Luddite.
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You should try having all your little typing fingers smashed with a 3 pound steel hammer.
Insulting people you don't know could win you that prize.
I am a licensed amateur radio operator -- extra class. Radiation doesn't have to be ionizing (as in gamma rays and X-rays) to be harmful. Run-of-the-mill EMR (electromagnetic radiation) can cause all kinds of problems.
If you disagree, please hack your microwave so that it operates with the door open and stand six feet away from it while it's running at full power. It's not ionizing radiation, so what can it hurt, right?
Having a small, low-power EMR transmitter continually broadcasting from the same spot on your head is not too smart, as well.
Folks, never trust Apple fan boys when they try to argue technical matters, especially if such matters involve health consequences.
Your headphones won't outlast your gadgets if they come with proprietary audio codecs and connectors. That's probably the idea - deprecate "old" tech to make people upgrade to get the latest Bluetooth codec.
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> If you disagree, please hack your microwave so that it operates with the door open and stand six feet away from it while it's running at full power. It's not ionizing radiation, so what can it hurt, right?
You must have missed the other part of the post you're responding to:
>> It's non ionizing radiation and its down in mW. (emphasis mine)
It won't cause damage by ionisation, and it won't cause damage by excessive heating. The only way a bluetooth radio will cause you any harm is when pointed at you and accelerated to sufficient velocity. Oh, don't get me wrong, I find Apple's decision to remove a time-tested and universal connector utterly fucking idiotic and I'd never use any of their stuff, but you're barking up the wrong tree here.