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> bullet-proof pairing, keeping a connection, audio quality

That'll be because Apple products use a custom protocol to iPhones, whereas all other brands have to use basic bluetooth, which has crappy sound quality, arbitrary restrictions, poor handling of weak signals, lots of delay, and is hard to pair.

Apples walled garden doesn't allow third parties to design or use their own protocols, or use apples protocols, so it's far from a level playing field.



All of the other brands on Non-iPhone use AptX and AptX HD, which works quite well.

But yes, on iPhone Apple exploits their position to kneecap competitors.


Well nobody permist for competitors to create their own comparable protocol


Sure there is an issue. Apple just won't add support for them.


Irregardless of the platform, is there any other brand with better Bluetooth UX than Apple?


The industrial wireless microphones and headsets used in TV production are exceptional for sound quality and delay.

They require a special license to use, and require dedicated hardware (ie. they won't connect to a phone). Shows whats possible if walled garden and regulatory constraints are lifted though.


> They require a special license to use,

What on earth? Because of the transmission spectrum they use?


I'm not sure what they're talking about... Pro audio gear doesn't need a special license unless it's old spectrum that was purchased largely to roll out low band 5G a few years ago. 99% of the industry has moved on though.

Also, a lot of movie stuff, especially at budgets below AAA box office extravaganzas, still use wired gear. Zero latency, no potential audio loss, and dirt cheap.


"Irregardless" is a nonsensical word.


Irregardless is in the dictionary

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/irregardless

> Is irregardless a word?

> Yes. It may not be a word that you like, or a word that you would use in a term paper, but irregardless certainly is a word. It has been in use for well over 200 years, employed by a large number of people across a wide geographic range and with a consistent meaning. That is why we, and well-nigh every other dictionary of modern English, define this word. Remember that a definition is not an endorsement of a word’s use.


"Irregardless" is a portmanteau of "irrespective" and "regardless".

It's for when it's really important to express that it doesn't matter.

(kidding, of course)

Now do "funnily", a non-word which I dislike with a consuming passion.


It's an anti-de-non-sensical


You can say the same thing about Sony devices. This is just ecosystem games.




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