it's not pedantic. there definitely are problems with cheap bluetooth headphones, but that's because they're cheap, not because it's bluetooth.
high end bluetooth headphones are comparable to wired solutions. there might be minor differences seen in lab measurements but it's nothing anyone is going to hear.
a bigger factor is the quality of the source material, which is not always the best quality.
you're not alone in that.
Experience of what? Apple marketing?
no chance with vorbis/VP8
I see that it only took them 11 year to add Vorbis/VP8 and it became available at the end of last year.
FYI
"Currently available as an option in the Experimental WebKit Features section of Safari's advanced settings, WebM Web Audio and the related WebM MSE parser are two parts of the wider WebM audiovisual media file format developed by Google.
An open-source initiative, WebM presents a royalty-free alternative to common web video streaming technology and serves as a container for the VP8 and VP9 video codecs. As it relates to Safari, WebM Web Audio provides support for the Vorbis and Opus audio codecs.
Code uncovered by 9to5Mac reveals the WebM audio codec should be enabled by default going forward, suggesting that Apple will officially adopt the standard when iOS 15 sees release.
Apple added support for the WebM video codec on Mac when a second macOS Big Sur 11.3 beta was issued in February. The video portion of WebM has yet to see implementation on iOS, but that could soon change with the adoption of WebM's audio assets.
WebM dates back to 2010, but Apple has been reluctant to bake the format into its flagship operating systems. Late co-founder Steve Jobs once called the format "a mess" that "wasn't ready for prime time."
As AppleInsider noted when WebM hit macOS, Apple might be angling to support high-resolution playback from certain streaming services like YouTube, which rely on VP9 to stream 4K content. The validation of WebM Web Audio is a step in that direction.
Apple is expected to launch iOS 15 this fall alongside a slate of new iPhone and Apple Watch models.
Read on AppleInsider"
because there literally is no demand for it. the number of web sites that offer content in obscure formats is almost zero.
there are many other features to be done that are *much* higher on the list.
read it again.
from your link: Apple added support for the WebM video codec on Mac when a second macOS Big Sur 11.3 beta was issued in February.
big sur was released in 2020.
there the number of web sites that offer content in any of those obscure formats is almost zero. there is literally no demand for it.
there is no reason to add functionality that few people want when there are numerous other features on the list that are in much greater demand and will benefit far more people.
no product can do everything, nor is that even a desirable goal.
based on what?
true, however, that has the downside of being less secure, which opens the door wide open to malware and other nefarious apps.
ios users can do the same by jailbreaking, which may not be as easy as toggling a hidden switch, but it has the same results. there are also easy methods to install non-store apps without jailbreaking while retaining a level of security.
keep in mind that relatively few people do either one.
once again, that is false.
for macs, anything goes, always has and always will. for ios, the free tier is more than sufficient for writing apps for personal use as well as for others (and isn't actually required although it's more steps if it's not).
submitting an app to the app store to be sold to the world, which is
*very* different than personal use, requires a paid account for reasons that should be obvious.
also wrong.
Working, selling, supporting Macs and PCs for more than 30 years.
And the goalposts move!
So your first post was just your ignorance!
'August 10, 2021 9:22PM'
So what?
The intelligent people here will note that Apple removed basic functionality in three phases so as to hide the facts from the ignorati like nospam is.
Clever Apple, steadily removing functionality so you have to buy it back.
It's a stretch to claim that all phones with the industry standard 3.5mm jack can't have the same water resistance ratings of phones that lack it.
While that's true, what Apple did was remove industry standard basic 3.5mm hardware functionality solely for the purpose of making you buy it back.
Tell us nospam, did Apple pass on savings to the customer that you speak of?
In reality, what you're claiming is Apple's design team sucks at design.
It's a red herring to discuss the pros and cons since the reason Apple removed the industry standard 3.5 mm jack was to make you buy it back.
Every time nospam claims that it makes it _easier_ to design a water resistant phone without the industry standard jack, all nospam is _really_ saying is that *nospam believes Apple has a s***ty hardware design team.*
And he'd be right.
*Apple is _NOT_ a design powerhouse*; Apple is a MARKETING powerhouse. (Apple's R&D is less than Germany's Nato percentage spending for example).
Wrong.
With Apple, you have no choice. With Android or Chrome OS, you do.
Why would anyone complain if they _chose_ a device that doesn't even have the most basic of the most common industry standard hardware functionality?
The only reason Apple made the "courageous" decision to remove common industry standard hardware functionality that is found on almost all other devices.... is...
*Apple's strategy is to slowly remove basic functionality...* *So that you have to buy it back.*
Courage!
What Apple did was NOT what any other company that _survived_ ever did.
Most people do not understand why Apple called the loss of basic industry standard functionality on all current iPhones a "courageous" strategy. *They were shocked that they got away with it!*
Apple's customer is _that_ stupid.
Note it was NOT like removing the floppy disk drive _after_ nobody used it.
It was like removing the industry standard jack while it was _still_ being used by literally almost every phone in the world, including Apple iPhones!
Most phones (by far) come with the industry standard 3.5mm jack today. *What was "courageous" on Apple's part was Apple screwing the customer.*
The industry standard 3.5mm jack may go away in a decade or two; but what Apple did was _prematurely_ sunset basic functionality everyone else had.
Apple is NOT a design powerhouse - but Apple is a MARKETING powerhouse. It's genius.
Apple steadily removes basic functionality so that you have to buy it back.
While nospam is consistent in his inconsistent arguments, the one thing that always remains is Apple designs proprietary connectors to make more money.
No other reason.
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