HN has passed the Unicode test.

When the alien archaeologists dig up our civilization, they'll think we were still putting magic runes on everything.

If you don't think Bluetooth is nigh unto magic, what is? Imagine explaining it to someone from even 30 years ago.

"Believe it or not, despite 30 years and billions of dollars up for grabs, wireless headphones are pretty much gonna be ass."

Computer programming in general is akin to magic. It's literally in the realm of "say the magic words in the correct order, and things will happen".

I’m actually surprised there wasn’t similar wireless headphones previously that were just pure analog FM radio. Seems very doable with older technology, save battery size/weight.

Those exist and have the major advantage of zero audio latency which is good for interoperability (think a TV headphone port).

The disadvantage (in my cheap ones at least) is poorer sound quality, especially the amount of background hiss, short range and susceptibility to interference (no error correction).

There definitely was. You could get them for your home stereo, not phones.