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I see many people complaining about phones not having an audio jack anymore. But really I don't think it would make that much sense add one to the phone. The only thing I could see is to make the usb c modular like framework did.
"I don't care about this, so fuck everyone else"
Nice attitude dude.
That is not what I meant.
I don't see the reason to add it back for a few people. While most don't ever will need it
Why do you think "most" bought bluetooth earbuds in the first place? What's the source for your data regarding how many people want the jack back? Also, not sure where you live but in the EU it's very common to see people wearing wired earbuds/headphones.
Again, you're defending corporations taking away options from consumers while also (presumably) being a consumer yourself. Adding the jack would not make the phones more expensive and would also not take away any of the features you want. Why would anyone in their right mind be against this? What a joke.
One good-ish reason is that In A Certain country the Bluetooth connections are monitored by Flock cameras and all, so you will be identified if you have Bluetooth headphones on in a public place. And that's likely to spread other places too eventually..
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isnt broadcast done only manually? I.e. when you begin pairing? I guess it depends on device.
Yes however you can still see the signal and probably identify the mac address or something.
Bluetooth is not secure.
This is a phenomenon that is easy to demonstrate with monitor apps for airtags, pervert glasses, and even Tesla automobiles (yes, they constantly send out a Bluetooth signal your phone can pick up).
Does Flock have any technology to read radio waves coming from wires, or is that not a thing?
Mh true. An usb c Adapter with aux and usbc inside of the case of the phone would be cool I think. Then you can easily add it to the phone where most people won't need it. And you don't have to redesign the whole phone for the audio jack
Maybe, that sounds good imo. But those adapters break easily, so either it should be very good adapter or easily swapped design.