PC World has an article on why USB-C has not been a viable alternative for the 3.5mm audio jack. Problems with USB-C include variable handling of digital to audio conversion, incompatible SOCs inside the cable, and non-standard analog-passthrough. In short, the cables which contain computers themselves are not standardized in behavior and the author's conclusion is that mobile devices must have 3.5mm jacks until the USB-C cable technology gets sorted out enough that they become usable.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 12 2018, @02:48PM (1 child)
As someone who is actually part of the music industry I can state that virtually fucking nobody* thinks this shit. It's all made up, a strawman, imported from clueless slashdot pimply dorks.
*Nobody in this case means I have never met anyone with any *credibility* that thinks up this shit.
No, not even at the evil sony, muahahaa
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday September 13 2018, @10:51AM
Bean counters and lawyers do and they're the ones making most of the decisions lately else we'd have a lot less music that sounds exactly the fucking same.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.