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I don't think it's a good comparison for several reasons. 1) Those technologies were already not as heavily used when they were dropped. There are still tons of
by vlunkr 7y ago
I don't think it's a good comparison for several reasons. 1) Those technologies were already not as heavily used when they were dropped. There are still tons of traditional headphones being manufactured and sold, even years after phones have started dropping them. 2) It's easy to leave an external drive at a desk for occasional use, it's much less convenient to carry a dongle everywhere since you likely want to use headphones on-the-go. 3) This is subjective, but floppy to cd-rom is clearly an upgrade, wireless to wired headphones is not. It adds syncing and battery life problems to an otherwise simple technology.
- dkonofalski 7y agoIf you're carrying headphones on the go, how much less convenient is it to carry those same headphones with the adapter on them? I would argue it's exactly the same level of convenience.
- Zak 7y agoMuch less convenient. My wired IEM-style earbuds are smaller and lighter than most dongles I've seen.
- dkonofalski 7y agoThat's BS. The Apple adapter is 3 inches long. You can leave it attached and it's no different than carrying the headphones/earbuds themselves. How, in any way, is that "much less convenient"?
- wiremine 7y ago> Those technologies were already not as heavily used when they were dropped. I'll give you it's not an apples-to-apples comparison, but having lived through all there events professionally, I can tell you that's not how it was perceived at the time. At least, not around my offices :-)