Ulrich @ Ulrich @feddit.org

Posts

9

Comments

3,490

Joined

7 mo. ago

Normal wear and tear isn't the renter's problem in any way, shape, or form

Which is why I said it's a warranty issue.

and that includes dings and scratches on the paint, wheels, glass, and interior, simply from everyday use and being exposed to the elements.

We're going around in circles here: dings and scratches are not caused by normal use.

already pay over $500

rental companies, like every other company, are charging more and more for less and less

The price of the rental and the responsibility of the renter are different problems. If you think you can do it for cheaper, give it a shot. You can list your car on Turo and make a fortune undercutting these terrible companies.

I've never even had a car payment that high.

There's a myriad of expenses in rental that are not incurred by simply owning a personal vehicle (you've already listed a bunch of them), and a profit margin on top, so that makes a ton of sense.

What exactly are they doing with that money if the customers are the ones being charged for issues that aren't even getting fixed?

What makes you think they're not being fixed? Even if they're not, those issues decrease the resale value of the vehicle.

Is it my fault when having the things in the first place is just a hacky workaround driven by corporate greed?

Then that would be a warranty issue. But good luck proving that.

LOL I don't even know what to say to that. "Tough titties" indeed. You're the one responsible for anything that should happens to the vehicle while it's in your possession, even if it's not entirely or even partly your fault.

And I suppose you expect Hertz to eat the cost of replacing the windshield?

If you're going 50mph on a gravel road, you are fucking up.

Don't call fool without any proof

Brother, you're the one making claims without any proof.

Coincidence is no proof of causation.

Oh so you're actually naive enough to believe this is coincidence? I was joking earlier but you really believe it LOL.

My needs isn't more important than anyone else, but I wanted to point out the selfishness of the oposite point of view by making mine as selfish.

There's nothing selfish here. Keeping the jack benefits everyone except Apple and other BT headphone OEMs. It doesn't hurt anyone else.

has no advantages over a dongle

The advantage is that you don't need a dongle...

and it inconveniences easily be overcome by simply adding a second usb-c port

Still requires carrying a dongle or buying a pair of headphones that only works with phones and computers, and not the vast array of other devices that still use headphone jacks, new and old. So that solves absolutely nothing. As I said elsewhere, we've created a competing standard, for no reason.

you'd be able to do far more than you'll ever be able to do with a 3.5mm jack

What? Do you think we're suggesting removing the USB port? What are you talking about?

And it would take you 5min searching the web to get good review about usbc DAC with actually good sound, even better than any internal DAC.

I don't want to search the web. I don't want a DAC. I just want to plug in my headphones. This is absurd.

It cost a whopping... $10.

$10 to buy something that previously cost me $0. Only it's inevitably going to get lost so you'd better buy a half dozen of them and replace them every few years, so you're looking at dozens of $ per year for something that was previously completely unnecessary.

As for the precise number...I'm not in that field, I do not have access to them

Yeah, I didn't think so.

But Fairphone does

Where? If you know they have it, then you must have it as well?

and if they don't bother adding that port back, they are most probably basing their decision on them.

No, they're basing that decision on the same thing everyone else is: money. Greed. Much like Apple they also released their own bluetooth headphones at the same time as they removed their headphone jack. But I suppose that's just coincidence, right?

Okay so now this is my fault. Do you know how many adapters I lost before I needed one?

And no one except a vocal minority want to keep it. There are a lot on data on that,

I would love to see the data that says everyone wants wired devices only. I don't believe you.

don't want a port I have no use for.

Why would you even care!?

I don't want the extra weight that comes with them.

😆 Buddy if you don't want extra weight you need to talk to these OEMs about making their phones out of giant slabs of glass. A 1g connector isn't going to make a difference. You're being completely ridiculous.

My needs conflict with yours,

No they don't. They can meet both of our needs by including a jack. Simple as.

I tend to "annoy" people about fascist dictators frequently but it's nice to know you have no counterargument and you downvote based on hate instead of the content of the comment itself.

Tried that. Gets lost real fast. But thanks "freedom advocate".

I have actually, for several years of my life, which is how I know it doesn't cause that.

E: downvote this comment if you have never driven on a gravel road.

Eh, I was just prepping it for sale.

Dents and scratches are not part of "using a car"

I see. It's easier to ask them to enforce existing laws than to make new ones.

Yes if they've lasted decades thats their job done

No it means they'll essentially last indefinitely, unlike BT buds.

Now people are buying usb C headphones and there is no need to continue to support decades old standards

No, what's happened is that we went from a single open standard for audio jacks to competing standards (actually 3 of them before the EU stepped in and forced Apple to quit their bullshit). And gained nothing in the process.

The ewaste from a pair of headphones is tiny so its not worth fretting over.

It's not a pair of headphones, it's millions of audio devices.

Headphone jack is e-waste

you can use the usb C headphones

What the absolute fuck are you talking about? What am I supposed to do with the dozen wired headphones I already have? Some of them decades old? Throw them in the garbage? Sounds real eco-friendly.

bluetooth audio is great

It is. We had it on phones since before the original iPhone. No one wants to take that away.

Problem is BT headphones last 2 years then they go in the garbage because the batteries are dead. How eco-friendly is that!?

And the US market isn't?

Is it a dumb question to ask why so many Americans are advocating for UK/EU legislation?