It’s funny how blatantly every streaming service waits for Netflix to do anything bold before doing same thing.
It’s like what happens when Apple does something like removing headphone socket. Backlash from the loud minority “I’ll never buy another iPhone again”. then every competitor quietly follows.
(In Australia, Binge app – the main local streamer with HBO shows etc – also started ads a few months ago, with a higher ad-free tier.)
In a decade or two when every device has the USB-C instead of 3.5, I will be pretty excited about that. Until then I have to spend my time searching out those dongles.
It's not so bad. Buy a half-dozen dongles, grab a new one from the pile when your current one breaks, and buy another half-dozen when you take the last one from the pile. I find Best Buy's Insignia brand lasts longest. Is it as good a headphone jack? No. But it's not that bad either.
Yeah, it is not the worst thing to deal with. I have adopted this strategy and the end result is I have to spend more money and walk around my house looking for them from time to time. Not terrible.
This isn’t exactly true. An industry consensus is demanded in the EU, that just happens to be USB-C ATM. The rules are flexible enough to allow for technology advance, as long as everyone does it all at once.
It’s like what happens when Apple does something like removing headphone socket. Backlash from the loud minority “I’ll never buy another iPhone again”. then every competitor quietly follows.
(In Australia, Binge app – the main local streamer with HBO shows etc – also started ads a few months ago, with a higher ad-free tier.)