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Re:Killing the 3.5mm Jack: How Simple Is Changing into Needl... by Johnny555 on Monday June 13, 2016 @04:35PM (#11897375)
"...I'll then see a little video or something has been sent to me by a friend on my phone. I unplug the headphones from my macbook, plug them into my phone, watch the video..."

Why don't you just watch the video on your laptop? Even with a simple 3.5mm plug, moving the headphones over sounds like a lot of work for something that you can just do on the laptop.

Even if your friends send you an SMS with the video, there are plenty of ways to get an SMS on your laptop.

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Re:Killing the 3.5mm Jack: How Simple Is Changing into Needl... by greyboy on Monday June 13, 2016 @04:51PM (#11897516)
> Often I'm sitting at work with my headphones plugged into my computer to listen to music...

Perhaps the videos aren't reachable via his work network, or the OP doesn't want his "work" to know what's being viewed at the office? I'm sure there are other reasons to use a cell network (which is the assumption).

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