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    • CaptainSiscold@kbin.earth
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      8 months ago

      I’m a diehard headphone jack enthusiast, and yet I still switched to a Pixel 8 (had a Galaxy S9 previously). The unfortunate reality is that just about everything above the “bargain bin phone” price point has given up on the headphone jack (at least in the US market), and the options that do exist (Asus, Sony) have crappy software update policies*. I still hate not having it, but honestly its been a pretty decent phone otherwise. Granted my perception of the price point for it is a little skewed, since I got a 256GB model for $510.

      *Plus my carrier sucks and only supports VoLTE on Samsung, Apple, and Pixel…

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      8 months ago

      I feel like 10 to 15 years we wouldn’t let this shit fly, but nowadays we’ve become so complacent and just let companies stomp all over us. Phones keep getting more expensive and (in my opinion) worse and yet they break sales records.