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I'm all for simple technology, and I use wired headphones. However, I can also understand that people like their wireless headphones, they like noise cancellati

I'm all for simple technology, and I use wired headphones. However, I can also understand that people like their wireless headphones, they like noise cancellation and so on. I think it's fine to increase complexity when it's necessary to get a better product (depending on your measure of “better”) — I would rather focus on making that additional complexity safe and reliable. A lot of things we rely on today are incredibly complex but work quite well and are quite safe.

snek_case 5y ago
> A lot of things we rely on today are incredibly complex but work quite well and are quite safe. I took the time to run ethernet cable to my home office because while the wifi works well 99% of the time, I don't want to be in a situation where I'm in a work meeting and it cuts off or starts becoming choppy. Wireless headphones introduce multiple new modes of failure, like connection issues, and running out of battery. If you want reliability, it's good to stick with safe, reliable technologies, and eliminate potential modes of failure. Sure, you could also use a wireless keyboard and a wireless mouse while you're at it, but then, between your wifi, your wireless headset, your wireless keyboard and your wireless mouse, the odds of a connection or battery failure happening when you need your computer to work is quite a bit higher. One of my colleagues uses a wireless headset and it's happened at least 10 times during meetings that people tell him "sorry, we can't hear you, could you check your audio". Don't be that guy, use wired headphones ;)
whyoh 5y ago
>people like their wireless headphones, they like noise cancellation and so on Just to be clear, "noise cancellation and so on" doesn't in any way require the headphones to be wireless. I think many people would appreciate it if features, which are typically found in wireless headphones, were available in wired headphones too (which have some other benefits, like lower weight, no charging...). There's a reason many of us prefer wired mice and keyboards, even though the wireless alternatives are pretty decent nowadays.

snek_case 5y ago

> A lot of things we rely on today are incredibly complex but work quite well and are quite safe. I took the time to run ethernet cable to my home office because while the wifi works well 99% of the time, I don't want to be in a situation where I'm in a work meeting and it cuts off or starts becoming choppy. Wireless headphones introduce multiple new modes of failure, like connection issues, and running out of battery. If you want reliability, it's good to stick with safe, reliable technologies, and eliminate potential modes of failure. Sure, you could also use a wireless keyboard and a wireless mouse while you're at it, but then, between your wifi, your wireless headset, your wireless keyboard and your wireless mouse, the odds of a connection or battery failure happening when you need your computer to work is quite a bit higher. One of my colleagues uses a wireless headset and it's happened at least 10 times during meetings that people tell him "sorry, we can't hear you, could you check your audio". Don't be that guy, use wired headphones ;)

whyoh 5y ago

>people like their wireless headphones, they like noise cancellation and so on Just to be clear, "noise cancellation and so on" doesn't in any way require the headphones to be wireless. I think many people would appreciate it if features, which are typically found in wireless headphones, were available in wired headphones too (which have some other benefits, like lower weight, no charging...). There's a reason many of us prefer wired mice and keyboards, even though the wireless alternatives are pretty decent nowadays.