Re:Apple Facing Lawsuit After AirPods Allegedly Ruptured Ear...
by willhackett on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @07:22AM
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I’ve had an issue a few times with Apple Music playing high pitched screeching sounds where I’ve had to throw my headphones off. Seems to be when there’s a loss of connectivity. I know these things slip through the cracks sometimes, but I feel like anything that impacts health should be tested thoroughly.
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Re:Apple Facing Lawsuit After AirPods Allegedly Ruptured Ear...
by viraptor on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @09:38AM
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I'm annoyed at those bugs, because the companies should do better. Even if they slip through, the thing handling the speaker should have a safety cutoff when a certain RMS threshold is hit for over a second. It could even have an option for "I love skrilex and want my ears occasionally destroyed" that you have to tick yourself.
My first portable CD player had a hardware switch for a loudness limiter, so it's not exactly a new idea.