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Re:US Smartphone Shipments Decline 19% in Q3 2023 as More Am... by coldpie on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @11:01AM (#38192279)
Yeah, 100% agree it sucks. But what I'm responding to is, "I dread of looking around trying to decide what I'll give up to get a headphone jack." I'm saying it's not worth making an enormous sacrifice to retain the jack.

I've been using adapters for at least 5 years at this point, I've never had a port break. The dongles do break after 4~6 months, which sucks, but they're only like $8-10. Buy a handful and swap in a new one as they break. It is a downgrade, and you're right to complain, but again it's not worth making a big sacrifice over.

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Re:US Smartphone Shipments Decline 19% in Q3 2023 as More Am... by marcosdumay on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @12:43PM (#38194041)
That's fair. And it certainly won't be an enormous sacrifice.

It's just that I've been postponing making any effort towards that, with some unusual amount of resistance that I couldn't explain until I saw the GP.

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