#I also dont want to hear your phone conversation over tinny ass phone speakers

[skelelexiunderlord]

Can we also talk about like, how since the axe of headphone jacks in phones it seems like everyone blasts whatever they're watching/listening to in public? Or at least has contributed majorly to the general lack of audio etiquette in public spaces.

Bluetooth headphones/earbuds are expensive compared to their wired counterparts and need to be charged in order to work. This is essentially just another instance of enshittification where it negatively impacts the user experiences and those who exist near them. If it costs $50 or even hundreds of dollars just for the privilege to quietly listen to my shit I would say "hell naw". We are at a time where groceries and just existing costs us an arm and a leg, why spend all that money when we could use that to buy this week's groceries?

Even in the case of the stupid little adapter that plugs into charger ports, I'm not buying that because its dinky af and if I need to BUY a DAMN ADAPTER and SPENDING MORE MONEY then im not gonna buy it!

I know all of this is as planned but it makes the world feel so malicious and uncaring. I fucking gasped when I learned that the steam deck had a headphone jack because I fucking forgot that it used to be standard in most electronics like that!!!!! It makes so much sense when you connect the loss of the headphone jack and the decrease in public manners. It becomes the new normal against our will.

Was forced to get a new phone today