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A false analogy - we weren't using floppies with multiple different kinds of devices. If non-standard headphone connections were clearly better, we'd already ha
by blacksmith_tb 10y ago
A false analogy - we weren't using floppies with multiple different kinds of devices. If non-standard headphone connections were clearly better, we'd already have lots of them in the wild, and you could neglect that old-fashioned 3.5mm hole in your smartphone. But consumers aren't clamoring for that, as they'd like to be able to use the headphones they already have with their phones, laptops, and other audio devices.
- dragonwriter 10y ago> A false analogy - we weren't using floppies with multiple different kinds of devices. General purpose computers, digital cameras, electronic (musical) keyboards and other instruments, ...
- blacksmith_tb 10y agoFair, though most of "us" weren't, honestly.
- xkcd-sucks 10y ago3.5mm headphone jacks are the old USB flash drives
- grapeshot 10y agoNonstandard headset connectors were prevalent 15 years ago on feature phones and the Game Boy Advance SP, but no one liked them back then either. I just threw out a drawer full of old proprietary cables and accessories from back then, in fact. One of the reasons I bought an iPhone in 2009 was that Apple wasn't actively trying to be hostile to anyone who might want to use it to listen to music like the HTC and LG phones of the time.