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It’s funny how blatantly every streaming service waits for Netflix to do anything bold before doing same thing. It’s like what happens when Apple does somethi
by mmahemoff 3y ago
It’s funny how blatantly every streaming service waits for Netflix to do anything bold before doing same thing.
It’s like what happens when Apple does something like removing headphone socket. Backlash from the loud minority “I’ll never buy another iPhone again”. then every competitor quietly follows.
(In Australia, Binge app – the main local streamer with HBO shows etc – also started ads a few months ago, with a higher ad-free tier.)
- 1980phipsi 3y agoStill made about the removal of the headphone socket though...
- nemacol 3y agoSame. BT is expensive garbage.
- mortehu 3y agoSome headsets now come with USB-C connectors instead of 3.5mm jack. For example Koss PortaPro.
- nemacol 3y agoIn a decade or two when every device has the USB-C instead of 3.5, I will be pretty excited about that. Until then I have to spend my time searching out those dongles.
- coldpie 3y agoIt's not so bad. Buy a half-dozen dongles, grab a new one from the pile when your current one breaks, and buy another half-dozen when you take the last one from the pile. I find Best Buy's Insignia brand lasts longest. Is it as good a headphone jack? No. But it's not that bad either.
- nemacol 3y agoYeah, it is not the worst thing to deal with. I have adopted this strategy and the end result is I have to spend more money and walk around my house looking for them from time to time. Not terrible. I'm still mad about it.
- mavhc 3y agoNeed at least 2 usb-c connectors so you can charge as well
- entropyie 3y agoNokia, Fairphone Androids have 3.5mm headphone sockets still btw.
- drbobmd5 3y agoAs does Sony
- bigstrat2003 3y agoFairphone got rid of the headphone jack last I looked.
- kar1181 3y agoJust waiting for spotify to do it too.
- ahoka 3y agoThey already have ads in podcasts.
- nintendo1889 3y agoI adamantly refuse to buy a USB c headset because I'm sure in 2 years there will be a new standard.
- pavlov 3y agoUSB-C is legally mandated in the EU, and Apple finally switched over their entire lineup. It doesn't seem like it's going anywhere any time soon.
- seanmcdirmid 3y agoThis isn’t exactly true. An industry consensus is demanded in the EU, that just happens to be USB-C ATM. The rules are flexible enough to allow for technology advance, as long as everyone does it all at once.
- sneak 3y agoWhere everyone is defined by everyone big enough to send delegations to implementer forums and dictate top down standards to everyone else. Remember HDCP?
- ilyt 3y agoUSB micro was introduced in 2007 and is only now on its way out. I'm pretty sure we have at least decade or two of USB-C. It also got to the point when nothing but laptops and external hard drives need full capability of it so I think it will live for longer.
- praisewhitey 3y agoUSB 4 uses the same port so it will be around for another 10 years most likely.
- chung8123 3y agoIn this case Netflix followed the other ad supported networks.