Google's latest iPhone rival off to a rocky start

Re:Google's latest iPhone rival off to a rocky start by bauerd on Monday October 23, 2017 @08:43PM (#15538259)

Im not ok with it in every other scenario, I just swallow it often times because e.g. making a switch away from my MacBook would be prohibitively costly for me and I'll rather endure these "mild inconveniences" (dongle for Cinema Display, USB, Ethernet).

And yes, I really do prefer what I already have (my headphones working without a dongle).

Edit: I'm not even an audiophile btw

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Re:Google's latest iPhone rival off to a rocky start by dpkonofa on Tuesday October 24, 2017 @10:42PM (#15547019)

So what do you do when you need to plug those headphones into a DAC with a stereo input? You need an adapter. What do you do when you need to plug them into a TV or game system? You need an adapter. You are definitely ok with it in other scenarios, just not this very specific one.

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Re:Google's latest iPhone rival off to a rocky start by bauerd on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @08:25AM (#15549444)

>need to plug those headphones into a DAC with a stereo input

Don't have one.

>need to plug them into a TV or game system

Don't have either.

You're completely right that I need adapters but that doesn't mean I'm ok with getting increasingly more of them. Especially when I get nothing out of them except backwards-compat for hardware that is simply not of the legacy type.

Adapters are easy to forget at home, lose on the go, break, etc. pp. They're detrimental to the user experience and hence should be restricted to support of legacy hardware.

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