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sgarrity on July 20, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Bluetooth remains an 'unusually painful' technolog...

The worst technology I've encountered in recent years is: Other People's AirPod.

When paired with a windows PC or older Mac, Airpods use an older or lower quality audio codec that sounds pretty poor for those hearing you speak.

Caveat: I don't know what I'm talking about, technically.

hombre_fatal on July 20, 2022 [–]

This is basically all bluetooth headsets though. Try using any of them to play games on Windows while using in-game chat. The audio drops down to tape recorder quality because there isn't enough bandwidth.

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