Whilst Nebula is great, it's still lacking variety in content imo. Sometimes I just want to switch off and watch a let's play or something instead of a documentary or video essay.
They should make a mindless version of Nebula or something, call it 'Numbula'. (Yes, I did write this comment just to share that name idea.)
But splitting the vote isn't an issue with proportional representation is it? If the libs lose one seat to the greens that's still one seat not occupied by the cons.
I already admitted a dongle is a compromise, I don't like them, but don't start claiming people are forcing you to buy Bluetooth headphones when they're not.
Every quarter? This is why I asked what was meant by 'a lot'. If you're going to claim that the extra wear caused would be this extreme I'd like for that to be at least somewhat substantiated.
requires you to buy and use battery powered headphones
This is simply false though, we'd agreed that you are required to buy and use a dongle, and that this is an added inconvenience. But you are not required to switch to wireless headphones and your old cans haven't suddenly become useless. People still have a choice between wired and wireless, wired has just become a little less convenient, that's all. I completely agree with you that people shouldn't go out buying new gadgets if their old stuff is still functional, but you can just continue using your old headphones if you get a new phone if you buy a dongle with it. Inconvenient yes, but not the end for wired headphones.
if you disconnect your headphones the device still behaves as if they're plugged in.
Again, leave the dongle connected to the headphones, not the phone.
It's so much less convenient
It is less convenient, but I'd argue not by all that much. More importantly it's not any less convenient for the vast majority who are already only using Bluetooth.
there's just no downside to having a dedicated headphone jack
It's an additional, and to most people superfluous, point for water ingress. Water damage is the most common type of damage in phones.
It takes up space which could be utilised otherwise, like with a slightly larger battery or larger speakers or camera modules.
It's an additional part which needs to be manufactured, stocked, installed and purchased. Extra cost which only benefits a few. This is especially important to Fairphone in particular because they don't use off-the-shelf components and promise to supply replacement parts pretty much indefinitely. I.e. Fairphone would have to design a custom module and then have that module in stock and manufactured specifically for them for the lifetime of each of their devices. That's not a trivial expense.
How much is a lot? And good thing the usb-c port is a $15 user replaceable part then.
Also dongles with two connectors exist if you specifically want to charge and use headphones at the same time.
We should be converting people to heat pumps, that way we can transition away from gas for heating and have both heating and cooling from green energy. This will reduce the carbon footprint overall and give people AC.
I thought they could grip it by the husk.