I'm so fucking done with Bluetooth

[Tasty]

A technology invented not to induce convenience, but frustration.

A giant pile of shit.

An anachronism that must have a Final Solution

All of these are true. All of these apply to the Bluetooth standard. No one apart of the Bluetooth consortium is without sin. Today's incident went beyond the pale after nearly a decade of frustration building up.

FUCK BLUETOOTH FOREVER

[Propagandhim]

No shit.  I just bought $300 bluetooth earbuds, and I'd rather wear these $15 wired ones I got at CVS because I don't want to fuckin deal with Bluetooth.

[Bebpo]

Yeah, Bluetooth sucks. With ya on this.

[Transhuman]

Was it a pairing issue or was it to do with porn audio playing?

[Nintex]

The creator of bluetooth always says that it is being used for a variety of things that it isn't made or good enough for. 

[Pissy F Benny]

It does seem a bit weird that no one has invented/adopted a superior replacement in the last 15 years

[pilonv1]

Just use the headphone jack on your phone then

[Potato]

Just use the headphone jack on your phone then

[zomgee]

USB has made ridiculous advances in the last 10 years, Bluetooth has been the same inconsistent mess with companies racing to the bottom for cost savings.

Also see: cheap wifi chips.

[Uncle]

[chronovore]

Apple’s implementation on its hardware is amazingly good. When I finally got a pair of AirPods, I quit hating wireless connections. It shifts between the headset and quality audio modes. It shifts between whichever device is actively playing an audio stream. It offers to switch to TV when I start a program on AppleTV but am listening to music on my iPhone. It’s seamless.

Try to use them on Windows? Total shitshow.

Contrast that with every other device, where it won’t switch connections even when told to do so. I have to disable BT or disconnect just to switch to a new device.

It can be done right, but not in a heterogeneous environment.

[therealdeal]

I agree, entirely.

—me, guy who bought 16ft usb-c cable for my ‘wireless’ headphones

[Tasty]

Apple’s implementation on its hardware is amazingly good. When I finally got a pair of AirPods, I quit hating wireless connections. It shifts between the headset and quality audio modes. It shifts between whichever device is actively playing an audio stream. It offers to switch to TV when I start a program on AppleTV but am listening to music on my iPhone. It’s seamless.

Try to use them on Windows? Total shitshow.

Contrast that with every other device, where it won’t switch connections even when told to do so. I have to disable BT or disconnect just to switch to a new device.

It can be done right, but not in a heterogeneous environment.

Fuck Apple too for the record.

[Transhuman]

They ruined computers, and turtlenecks

[bork]

Recently I purchased a Microsoft Modern USB-C Speaker to use for work- it replaced the various bluetooth headsets/neck speaker/earpieces I've tried using over the last seven-ish years.  I now have no BT peripherals in use and things are much, much better.  I used to have issues answering phone calls or people saying they couldn't hear me/sound was garbled no matter what I tried.  Haven't had any problems since switching and it's nice to not have to worry about charging anything up.
 

That said, I do use a BT mouse, keyboard, and speaker with my Chromebook tablet daily and haven't had a single issue with those.  It really does seem to be a Windows thing.

Apple’s implementation on its hardware is amazingly good. When I finally got a pair of AirPods, I quit hating wireless connections. It shifts between the headset and quality audio modes. It shifts between whichever device is actively playing an audio stream. It offers to switch to TV when I start a program on AppleTV but am listening to music on my iPhone. It’s seamless.

Try to use them on Windows? Total shitshow.

Contrast that with every other device, where it won’t switch connections even when told to do so. I have to disable BT or disconnect just to switch to a new device.

It can be done right, but not in a heterogeneous environment.

Yeah-  I talk to people all the time who have issues with audio and most of the time it's because they're using Airpods.

[Taco Bell Tower]

Was it a pairing issue or was it to do with porn audio playing?

Yes

[who is ted danson?]

Bluetooth was shit for me on my desktop *until* I installed the B2 lookalike Antenna.

So the solution is to stick a 6 inch antenna onto everything.

[HardcoreRetro]

You might be onto something. Sticking my 6 inch antenna into everything also solved my problems.

[Potato]

You might be onto something. Sticking my 6 inch antenna into everything also solved my problems.

Really, that seems to be the source of many of my problems

[nudemacusers]

They ruined computers, and turtlenecks

the garment you so glibly dismiss was not only a issey miyake couture piece, it was also a mock neck sweater, not a turtleneck.

maybe if you spent less time <insert stereotypical southern hemisphere bogan activity> you'd know the difference.

[nudemacusers]

and chrono is correct, apple smokes everyone in wireless implementation. stay mad windoze lusers 

[Uncle]

what about linux???

[nudemacusers]

i assume linux users are too busy malding on social media about KF to worry about this rn

[Cauliflower Of Love]

Apple knows how to use bluetooth properly.

[Potato]

Apple knows how to use bluetooth properly.

Correction. Apple knows how it wants you to use Bluetooth properly and don't you even think about using your computer for anything not Apple approved...ever!

[archnemesis]

what about linux???

I get that this is a joke, but Bluetooth works surprisingly well on my Linux laptop. The only issue I have with my Bose headset is that it can't tell from which device I'm trying to use it. It's paired with everything and my best bet to get it to work is to disable Bluetooth on every device except one.

[Cauliflower Of Love]

Apple knows how to use bluetooth properly.

Correction. Apple knows how it wants you to use Bluetooth properly and don't you even think about using your computer for anything not Apple approved...ever!

I mean even my xm3s didn't work right on windows.

[daemon]

It does seem a bit weird that no one has invented/adopted a superior replacement in the last 15 years

This is what is vexing about the whole thing.

It feels like a new standard with some retrocompatibility should be created. Like BTv2 or smth.

[Occam]

While I use quite a few Bluetooth devices I have no problem with it, but maybe that's because I don't use Windows, and my headphones are wired. BT could certainly be improved as far as audio is concerned, but I think the main lesson here is that Windows blows.

[james]

what about linux???

The guy selling 90 dollar screwdrivers?

[Cauliflower Of Love]

I can't find your chrome thread, but WHY THE FUCK can't I just save a .gif from chrome without it turning to a  webp?


#tasty

[Tasty]

I can't find your chrome thread, but WHY THE FUCK can't I just save a .gif from chrome without it turning to a  webp?


#tasty

That's Google.com-specific behavior (and maybe Twitter?) Google has a huge hard-on for WebP, and it *is* a far better format than GIF (way better color compression, way smaller file sizes).

WebP is finally very widely supported... but Animated WebP isn't, yet. So that's been frustrating.

[remy]

While I use quite a few Bluetooth devices I have no problem with it, but maybe that's because I don't use Windows, and my headphones are wired. BT could certainly be improved as far as audio is concerned, but I think the main lesson here is that Windows blows.

Yeah windows is absolutely the worst with this, and you would never know if you only used windows computers.