They missed my biggest frustration with Bluetooth audio. I want to connect to the TV or my phone, but my headphones want to connect to my computer upstairs or vice versa. Now I have to go upstairs, apologize to the person using that device, and reach over their shoulder to unpair before it lets me connect to my phone. With a 3.5mm I know exactly which device I'm going to connect to and I don't have to negotiate with any 3rd parties for the privilege.
Totally - the user interface is so much easier with a 3.5mm jack. Want to pair it to a different device, just unplug it from the current one and plug it in the new one. No limits such as being only able to pair with two or three devices.
This is incredibly frustrating with iPhones. At least Android and Windows lets you disable automatic connections, but on an iPhone your only choice is to unpair.
I think this apple in general. It astounds me that after so many years there is still no option in OSX to disable automatic connection to specific bluetooth devices.
There are many, many threads on various forumns on the web, going back years, looking for a resolution to this, and the fix from apples end would appear to be trivial.
The “don’t make me think” mantra got noticed by too many product stakeholders who made it their life motto, and so didn’t notice when it metastatized into “don’t let me think.”
I wish NFC pairing was more widespread. It's only really supported on Android phones but it solved that issue. Just tap the two things together and boom paired.
