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minus-square@SCB@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish0•1 year agoThis is all also true about traditional headphones jacks, which have failed quite often for me over the decades My favorite headphones of all time failed in this way, and requires I have the jack in exactly the right spot/depth
minus-square@potustheplant@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoDid you forget to mention that fixing a headphone jack costs a few bucks and can be done by pretty much anyone with a soldering iron?
minus-square@SCB@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish0•1 year agoNo, because in practice that isn’t a thing that regularly happens, and as the tech continues to die out it will be less and less possible. Most people do not own and cannot use a soldering iron.
minus-square@potustheplant@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year ago“cannot use”? Where you born without hands? Also, that “practice” is not an ancient tradition. It’s an extremely simple process that takes 15 minutes. Also no, normal headphones will not “die out”.
This is all also true about traditional headphones jacks, which have failed quite often for me over the decades
My favorite headphones of all time failed in this way, and requires I have the jack in exactly the right spot/depth
Did you forget to mention that fixing a headphone jack costs a few bucks and can be done by pretty much anyone with a soldering iron?
No, because in practice that isn’t a thing that regularly happens, and as the tech continues to die out it will be less and less possible.
Most people do not own and cannot use a soldering iron.
“cannot use”? Where you born without hands? Also, that “practice” is not an ancient tradition. It’s an extremely simple process that takes 15 minutes. Also no, normal headphones will not “die out”.