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This is the important point. CD's are not less popular because Sony or Toyota decided to stop supporting them - consumers stopped using them. This headphone

This is the important point. CD's are not less popular because Sony or Toyota decided to stop supporting them - consumers stopped using them. This headphone thing is putting the cart before the horse. My wired headphones always work. Wireless has too many issues for me. My $15 wired ear buds that just work VS $100+ wireless ... ill keep my wire.

stephenr 8y ago
The headphone thing is like dropping the floppy drive on the original iMac. Which as we all know was a terrible choice, because floppies are still in use today.. Also for anecdotal evidence: I’ve gone through 3 or 4 sets of apple earbuds (including a pair of the more expensive in-ear ones). I’ve had AirPods for about a month and couldn’t be happier.
- TremendousJudge 8y ago
  >The headphone thing is like dropping the floppy drive on the original iMac. What? That's the type of case GP was talking about. Everybody still uses wired headphones these days, they're not going anywhere. Professionals/musicians will never stop using wired headphones, and most casual users just buy the cheap ones, which are wired
  - stephenr 8y ago
    Everybody still used floppies when the iMac dropped them. That was my point. I don’t know how many musicians are making music on an iPhone.
    - imtringued 8y ago
      Wireless headphones exist outside of the iPhone ecosystem.
- llampx 8y ago
  As a counterpoint I would point out the number of tech-savvy early adopters who are still complaining about the missing headphone jack. Something that I don't recall happening when Apple came out with the iMac or the MacBook air.
- toast0 8y ago
  Dropping the floppy on the iMac was an easily solvable annoyance for most people who were annoyed. Get an external and plug it in, once and you're done. Or, for computer labs, get a couple and lock them to the desk, once. The awful hockey puck mouse was much worse. The usb floppies worked at least as good as an internal drive (possibly better?) Bluetooth has pairing, interference, and latency, and for headphones, another thing to charge. A dongle on a portable device is a bigger deal than on a device intended to stay in one place. Clearly, a lot of people like wireless, but it's a tradeoff without a clear winner, and people are likely going to be grumpy about it for some time.

stephenr 8y ago

The headphone thing is like dropping the floppy drive on the original iMac. Which as we all know was a terrible choice, because floppies are still in use today.. Also for anecdotal evidence: I’ve gone through 3 or 4 sets of apple earbuds (including a pair of the more expensive in-ear ones). I’ve had AirPods for about a month and couldn’t be happier.

TremendousJudge 8y ago
>The headphone thing is like dropping the floppy drive on the original iMac. What? That's the type of case GP was talking about. Everybody still uses wired headphones these days, they're not going anywhere. Professionals/musicians will never stop using wired headphones, and most casual users just buy the cheap ones, which are wired
- stephenr 8y ago
  Everybody still used floppies when the iMac dropped them. That was my point. I don’t know how many musicians are making music on an iPhone.
  - imtringued 8y ago
    Wireless headphones exist outside of the iPhone ecosystem.
llampx 8y ago
As a counterpoint I would point out the number of tech-savvy early adopters who are still complaining about the missing headphone jack. Something that I don't recall happening when Apple came out with the iMac or the MacBook air.
toast0 8y ago
Dropping the floppy on the iMac was an easily solvable annoyance for most people who were annoyed. Get an external and plug it in, once and you're done. Or, for computer labs, get a couple and lock them to the desk, once. The awful hockey puck mouse was much worse. The usb floppies worked at least as good as an internal drive (possibly better?) Bluetooth has pairing, interference, and latency, and for headphones, another thing to charge. A dongle on a portable device is a bigger deal than on a device intended to stay in one place. Clearly, a lot of people like wireless, but it's a tradeoff without a clear winner, and people are likely going to be grumpy about it for some time.