• @toastal@lemmy.ml
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    167 months ago

    Water ingress isn’t the issue & there’s been waterproofed ports for decades. They wanted to make devices thinner—but what value is it when its too thin to support a jack & made of materials that now require a case?

    • @SqueakyBeaver@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      117 months ago

      That’s probably just the marketing reason. The realistic reason is probably that they want to sell you their brand of wireless earbuds that need to be replaced in a few years tops

      • @toastal@lemmy.ml
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        47 months ago

        That conspiracy is one I believe too. Seems too odd that all OEMs dropped their jacks at the same time they started selling buds.

      • Draconic NEO
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        7 months ago

        That’s it, right there. Artificial exclusivity, that’s what it always was anything else is an excuse to look or seem better or less scummy.