@corbin@infosec.pub to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agoPhones should have FM radio againwww.spacebar.newsexternal-linkmessage-square413fedilinkarrow-up11.22Karrow-down1124cross-posted to: android@lemmy.world
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minus-square@Mr_nutter_butter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish23•2 years agohigh end ones dont even have headphone jacks for starters
minus-squareHildegardelinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoGoogle realized they aren’t good enough at software development to prevent their phones from randomly stopping audio playback when using headphones, so they removed the plug for them in hopes no one would notice.
minus-square@Nurse_Robot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish3•2 years agoThat’s a weird claim. Do you have a source?
minus-square@Pyro_006@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoMy source is that I made it the fuck up
minus-square@PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocksBlinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoHere is an alternative Piped link(s): My source is that I made it the fuck up Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.
minus-square@Emerald@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish-3•edit-22 years agoThat’s not a big deal. There are many external DACs that work great. And there are many DACs built into phones with headphone jacks that are awful.
minus-square@r0bi@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglish7•2 years agoMy old Motorola X4 used the headphone cable for its FM antenna. The radio didn’t work without it.
minus-square@PraiseTheSoup@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoMy current Moto G works the same way.
minus-squareChouxFleurlinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoI can’t think of a phone I’ve owned that hasn’t done this, even as far back as my O2 Ice
high end ones dont even have headphone jacks for starters
Google realized they aren’t good enough at software development to prevent their phones from randomly stopping audio playback when using headphones, so they removed the plug for them in hopes no one would notice.
That’s a weird claim. Do you have a source?
I think it’s a joke
My source is that I made it the fuck up
Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
My source is that I made it the fuck up
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.
That’s not a big deal. There are many external DACs that work great. And there are many DACs built into phones with headphone jacks that are awful.
My old Motorola X4 used the headphone cable for its FM antenna. The radio didn’t work without it.
My current Moto G works the same way.
I can’t think of a phone I’ve owned that hasn’t done this, even as far back as my O2 Ice