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inspired by this post. the app was €300.

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[–] Mr_Blott 21 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

I've been partially deaf my whole life, and decided to get hearing aids.

Decided to go for the best of the best at the time, €4k for the pair, because they were Bluetooth compatible

Test drove them for a month for free, it takes that long to get used to them after a lifetime of hearing problems. Then bit the bullet and paid for them.

A month later I asked the audiologist how to connect my Android phone because it would be useful for taking calls

He said it wasn't possible because Apple had patent-trolled Bluetooth connections to hearing aids and at the time, was blocking other phones from doing it.

Greedy Apple cunts can go fuck themselves

[–] AeonFelis 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Greedy Apple cunts can go fuck themselves

Why would they fuck themselves when they can fuck you instead?

[–] Mr_Blott 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Never have I ever bought a single thing from those mouldy cuntflaps

[–] AeonFelis 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

And yet they have still managed to fuck you up by preventing you from using your Bluetooth compatible hearing aids with your Android phone.

[–] Mr_Blott 1 points 9 months ago
[–] dumpsterlid 2 points 9 months ago

Another reason not to trust audio devices that can only connect through bluetooth, bluetooth is WAYYYY too easy for capitalism to break compatibility with in a way that was impossible when devices were expected to have 3.5mm audio jacks.