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Google Keeps Making Smartphones Worse (jacobin.com)

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Google’s Android, the world’s most widely used mobile operating system, started life as open-source software. In its quest for ever-greater profits, the tech giant has been gradually eroding Android’s open-source nature over the last decade.

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[–] lemmeBe@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Not so bad?

That thing costs 230€ vs a free headphone jack. 🙄

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Sorry, I meant the KA1 or KA3, got them mixed up. My KA3 was like $50 used.

I use it on my PC, too.

Considering the cost in reference to the hardware, and that I can use it basically forever, and that it's a lower distortion DAC than any phone? It's not bad. And it's a barely-noticable addon for my headphones that just lives on the cord.