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A comment on Ask HN: Is there a good way to force headphone use on tablets?.

Re:Ask HN: Is there a good way to force headphone use on tab... by CaptainHardcore on Sunday August 27, 2023 @02:53PM (#37285547)
I wouldn’t say it’s a good way… how about plugging in a broken headphone jack- long enough to disable the speakers, short enough that it cannot be removed. Access to sound would require bluetooth headphones.
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Re:Ask HN: Is there a good way to force headphone use on tab... by andrewfromx on Sunday August 27, 2023 @03:48PM (#37285987)
ooo not bad!
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Re:Ask HN: Is there a good way to force headphone use on tab... by Someone on Monday August 28, 2023 @06:59AM (#37292247)
Or Bluetooth speakers.

The kids may also discover airplay and blast the audio over WiFi to the local audio system (there’s a MDM setting “Require passcode on first AirPlay pairing” to prevent that. See https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/deployment/dep0f7dd3d8...)

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Re:Ask HN: Is there a good way to force headphone use on tab... by CaptainHardcore on Monday August 28, 2023 @10:59AM (#37295136)
I had not thought about AirPlay or Chromecast. An isolated guest wifi configured on the router would fix that problem.
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