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Still on K-9 5.6

standards increase, production gets cheaper and form factors get smaller?

Here we can be pretty sure, because Bluetooth 2.0 A2DP, allowing stereo sound, has been widely available since mid-00's (I got my first phone with it in 2005), BT chips cost pennies even then and mono earphones of that size were old news too, so none of that was anything special. And it's not like Apple were the ones to make it affordable anyway.

I'll credit Apple for putting it together in a meaningful way, but of course they had to do it the asshole Apple way. Honestly, Apple designers should be charged with crimes against humanity for their popularisation of built-in batteries and other disposability features, and all the idiot designers who followed that example, with them. If not on principle, then for all the ewaste.

That’s just, like, your opinion, man.

Of course it is. But to be clear, I'm not against all wireless. So I'm not comparing 'true wireless' with classic cabled earphones, but with wireless earphones that have a cable connecting them and controls/battery somewhere between them. I wish designers would concentrate on improving this style rather than producing millions of buds people keep losing or discarding and then re-buying.

(Ed: I mean even TW can exist if people want, but the Apple effect makes everyone think that's the only way to make earphones.)

I don’t disagree with you at all which is why I still make it a point to only buy phones exclusively with 3.5mm jacks still included.

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The lower density of sparkling water could make you sink, plus the CO2 released from the water might make you lose consciousness. So maybeeee not.

Thanks, I can handle galons and yards but damn oz...

WTF is 80oz...

Anyway yes. In fact, I personally much prefer it, as it's easier on my stomach and the bubbly nature can masks sometimes weird taste of water (if e.g. you use something like SodaStream with tap water).

I only played Doom 1 and 2 when D3 was about to come out, so it was about 10 years old. I played some mod with polygonal models/hires textures so it wasn't a vanilla experience, but in terms of game and level design I was quite blown away.

Also I played Metal Gear Solid 3 only about 5 years ago, so that was a ~15 years old game.

Heh. While I get it that some people are more squeamish, I never had a problem with showing stuff like that in ST. I found the extreme sanitisation of older Treks (and other shows/media of those eras) in this regard pretty annoying.

In fact, I still want that Tarantino Trek movie.

I'd kinda like one, I'm finding it harder to find a pocket big enough to fit a regular phone in. It's either the big pockets on baggy trousers or a jacket pocket. I'd also be super weary to put a regular phone in other pockets where that huge exposed screen can be damaged easily.

But the foldable screen just replaces that problem with another one, so at this point it doesn't seem like a reasonable trade for me. But for people who tend to throw the phone in a handbag with 50 other things, this may be preferred.

Indeed. But it also makes the USB being very unwieldily to use for anything.

Yea fuck him too, bit ol' Steve was quite a fan of the whole "remove every slightly extra option and then sell it back to the user" way of doing business.

I'm pretty sure the rise of BT headphones is solely due to Apple removing the headphone jack.

Yes, I know BT headphones have existed before, I was an audio/technology editor, so yes I know. Which is why I also know how tough it was to get some half-decent BT audio adapter or earphones 10 years ago, even tho BT 2.0 was in every phone for close to a decade already. Then within few weeks to months after the jack removal and introduction of AP, the market got flooded with them. Don't tell me it's a coincidence.

It may sound like a good thing to have so many choices, except you're losing the original choice of whether you want it in the first place. Combined with another lovely trend Apple has kickstarted - non-removable batteries - it just means yet more ewaste.

And I'm sorry, but the whole idea of "true wireless" is fucking terrible. I use sporty BT earphones I can hang around my neck or just put in a pocket when I'm not using them. Fiddling with 3 separate small things every time I want to take earphones in and out is madness. Of course you'll loss something eventually.

But then everyone who wants to interact with it has to make an account first.

I'm guessing that's not really possible by design, since a subscriber from a remote instance automatically means their instance has to mirror all content from your community. It's not possible (AFAIK) to make a community available to just one user of a remote instance; at least the admin will always see the mirrored content.

Aside from that, it's also not possible to authenticate a remote user.

Am I the only one who uses magnetic cables?

I believe Steve Jobs is already dead. And those who inherited his billions probably don't mind all those extra AirPod sales, especially if people keep losing them.

I know, right

But well it's clear that Google doesn't want card support in phones, they're keeping it more and more difficult to support. Of course they'll rather sell you their cloud, and the manufacturers will also happily rather sell you 128GB extra storage for 200 €$£.

But at least with dual SIM you don't sell you another phone, so that's something.

It’s some of the most anti-consumer behavior we’ve seen from Microsoft in recent memory.

It's the same company that makes Windows... Always worth remembering.

Am I seeing right? This thing can take two physical SIM cards? Holy shit Motorola still rulez

How tf is this world news

Ok I have nothing else than WTF