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What is so unsustainable about bluetooth? It has been around for quite a few years. They even offer headphones with replaceable battery and parts which should l

What is so unsustainable about bluetooth? It has been around for quite a few years. They even offer headphones with replaceable battery and parts which should last at least as long as the phone: https://shop.fairphone.com/fairbuds-xl https://shop.fairphone.com/fairbuds-xl

onli 3y ago
The battery needed makes bluetooth headphones completely unsustainable. Their headphones might have a replaceable battery, but headphones do not necessarily need one at all. Their earphones even have a baked in battery that is not replaceable. And in general, not having a headphone jack pushes consumers to buy bluetooth devices, of which almost none have replaceable batteries (the fairbuds-xl are the big outlier). It's an ecological disaster.
abwizz 3y ago
it's subject to interference, uses more battery and will just not work if you really need it. anecdote: had a ten year old premium car with "bluetooth" but could not manage to pair it with anything - supposedly the used bt-standard is outdated or something
reportgunner 3y ago
Wireless headphones cost more, last shorter, having no wire is not always better than having a wire. You can get cheaper wired headphones with comparable or better audio quality that will last longer and cost less.
aalimov_ 3y ago
I think that people are just assuming the worst case for wireless and best case for wired (in terms of longevity). AFAIK most wired headphones don’t have a replaceable cable, and the ones that do tend to be pricier. Personally I’ve had the same AirPods for 3 years now, and the batteries seem fine. The only pair of wired headphones that I’ve had last that long were $400 sennheisers, and I think I’m pretty careful about making sure that cable ends dog get bent and that the cables aren’t tangled.

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What is so unsustainable about bluetooth? It has been around for quite a few years. They even offer headphones with replaceable battery and parts which should l

by prometheon1 3y ago

onli 3y ago
The battery needed makes bluetooth headphones completely unsustainable. Their headphones might have a replaceable battery, but headphones do not necessarily need one at all. Their earphones even have a baked in battery that is not replaceable. And in general, not having a headphone jack pushes consumers to buy bluetooth devices, of which almost none have replaceable batteries (the fairbuds-xl are the big outlier). It's an ecological disaster.
abwizz 3y ago
it's subject to interference, uses more battery and will just not work if you really need it. anecdote: had a ten year old premium car with "bluetooth" but could not manage to pair it with anything - supposedly the used bt-standard is outdated or something
reportgunner 3y ago
Wireless headphones cost more, last shorter, having no wire is not always better than having a wire. You can get cheaper wired headphones with comparable or better audio quality that will last longer and cost less.
aalimov_ 3y ago
I think that people are just assuming the worst case for wireless and best case for wired (in terms of longevity). AFAIK most wired headphones don’t have a replaceable cable, and the ones that do tend to be pricier. Personally I’ve had the same AirPods for 3 years now, and the batteries seem fine. The only pair of wired headphones that I’ve had last that long were $400 sennheisers, and I think I’m pretty careful about making sure that cable ends dog get bent and that the cables aren’t tangled.