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Buying headphones in 2018 is going to be a fragmented mess – The Verge
- aayaan 9y agoIt would be a mess when you going to choose one from several options.
- Zenst 9y agoWhilst the wireless gold-rush to a new standard that can be patented for royalties will always prevail for a while. Bluetooth for many work fine. For me wireless headphones are great, but I prefer models that also offer the option to also plug in a cable (3.5mm), anything else is always accomodated connection wise via and adapter fromthat standard. Real crux issue with wireless headphones for me is battery life and not just how long they last from a full charge, but more so the lifetime of that battery, that degrades over time with the headphones outliving the battery and as such adds a premature end of life to the headphones.
- jabl 9y agoThis is so sad. We had one standard that was simple, cheap, worked well enough, and ubiquitous. Now we have like, 5, all mutually incompatible and with all kinds of glitches and issues that come with complicated hw/sw stacks. Progress!