We used to have earbuds that don't need to be charged because they had a headphone jack, didn't get lost so easily because they had a cord attached to a headphone jack, never lost the bluetooth connection because they had a headphone jack, and they cost less because they had a headphone jack. https://bsky.app/profile/daisyfm.bsky.social/post/3l3mfjc6sn62k
It also destroyed the "pass the aux cord" when driving with friends.
"Hey, I want to show you a song. Pass the aux cord."
Plugs
Plays
Now:
"Hey, I want to show you a song. Let me connect to your car's Bluetooth."
"Oh, I can't while the car is driving. Can you pull over for a minute?"
"Which submenu was is it in? Bluetooth or Settings?"
"Do you mind if I remove one of the devices already connected?"
"Oh, it just auto-connected to your phone instead."
"Here, I'll just send you a link."
"Your phone locked. Can you enter your password again?"
"Oh, you don't have [streaming service] premium? We'll have to sit through an ad first."
My civic has a Pioneer audio ui and I have an aux cord!! It's a usb-c to aux but yeah. It works nicely. Too bad it's USB-c and everyone's phones still take lightning.
Give it 4 years and lightning will be a faint memory
Yep, I look forward to it.