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LPisGoodyesterday at 11:06 PM2 repliesview on HN

That decision had a lot of detractors at the time, but it ultimately seems to have been correct.


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m463today at 12:59 AM

I don't know if I agree.

People who moved to bluetooth got arguably worse sound quality.

For wired headphones, there were very few lightning headphones and they mostly sucked.

Now with usb-c you can get a broader range of headphones (because other phones have gone with usb-c).

either kind needs a dac inside the dongle, or the shell of the headphone, or have a bulky external dac.

3.5mm is still king for decent wired headphones/earbuds.

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_carbyau_today at 12:18 AM

It still has a lot of detractors but it is hard to beat such a sheer market flex.