Re: Apple's headphone scam

Mon, 18 Jan 2016 09:47:25 -0800

Back in the day I actually paid good money to "The Source" plus long distance to read news from the 84 Olympics at 300 BAUD. That and downloading walkthroughs for Zork :) 

CB

On 1/18/16 11:46 AM, E.T. wrote:
Not to overlook 300 baud. We are not in that much of a hurry are we these days? We can stand to sit and wait a week for a download. can we not?
Its all in the name of progress. If its moving too fast, people can jump off at the next stop. There is always the next train. 

   78s? There are those who probably swore at the invasion of LPs.

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On 1/18/2016 8:37 AM, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries wrote:

So history rhymes a lot. Why would Apple go with that funky 3.5" disk
when I already had boxes of 5 1/4" floppies. Dropping ADB for keyboards
and mice to adopt the unknown USB means I had to get all new devices.
What was so awful expensive about a CD drive that they had to leave it
out of the newer machines? What were they thinking going with the little
3.5mm jack when my 1/4" quadrophonic Koss headphones are still good? In
all these cases Apple just moved on before the consumers really knew
where the trends were going. Wouldn't it be possible that IF Apple
dropped the last bastion of analog I/O they might actually include
headphones with the new fangled connector? For those with nice high-end
headphones a little adaptation might be in line but years from now we'll
look back and wonder what the big deal was. In the end it's all
disposable, just happening sooner than some would like. Sure some niche
or luddite realms linger, but Apple doesn't seem to care as much about
those. Vacuum tubes and vinyl LPs anyone? Yes, those are fighting words
in some camps :)

CB

On 1/18/16 10:36 AM, E.T. wrote:

Change is ever so very difficult yet change is exactly what brings us
to this point in time. With change comes the task of breaking old
obsolete habits and forming new ones.

   For example, look at the mad rush people make to trade in the last
generation of iPhones even if it is perfectly functional, or stand in
line overnight to get that new Apple TV.

   So Apple has very good reason for change. Its simple. People want
change.

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On 1/18/2016 7:12 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote:
Yes, the 3.5 m jack would go bye bye. You'd have to get new headphones, if this wind up being true which would have a lightning plug on the end, 
like your charger, instead of the rounded 3.5M plug.
Chris.

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    *From:* Kawal Gucukoglu <mailto:kgli...@icloud.com>
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    *Subject:* Re: Apple's headphone scam

    Please could someone tell me how headphones could fit in a
    lightening adaptor?  You mean there would be a different kind of
    thing to put in a socket?
I don’t understand this headphone lightening connector thing. When 
    I sell my I phones, I normally sell the headphones as well if they
    are still working by then.

    Kawal. On 18 Jan 2016, at 14:37, Sabahattin Gucukoglu
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    I’m afraid I just can’t quite bring myself to be sufficiently
moved. I don’t like planned obsolescence or proprietary standards 
    either, but I’m also in the market for a new pair of travel
    headphones, and I actually would love a digital path between my
    iPhone and my headset.  I was not among those poor souls hurt by
    the 30-pin to Lightning transition, because I was not quite so
    silly as to buy expensive equipment with that connector. And,
    yes, electronic waste is a terrible, terrible thing, but I doubt
    Apple will fail to provide a transition for users of the 3.5-mm
    plug.  I know it’s painful, but we do need to move forward.

    JMO.

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