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After saying I'd never get a phone without a headphone jack until Bluetooth codecs improved, I ended up getting a Pixel2XL through "reward points". It's a great phone ... and I've "only" been needed a headphone jack a dozen or so times in the six months I've had it. Not for headphone, but for other audio input or output requirements.

What an absolutely idiotic idea. I've started leaving those stupid dongles everywhere, but even they don't for with everything. Fashion over function, with an eye to more lock-in.



The more I have my pixel 2 xl the more I miss the headphone jack.

I lost the dongle long ago and have no idea where to buy a new one. Google doesn't seem to sell them and everywhere online says the don't even work.


A simple google search returns this as the first result:

https://store.google.com/us/product/usb_c_headphone_adapter?...


It's been a few months since I checked, maybe they just happened to not have them when I was looking, thanks!


Maybe your baby ate the dongle?


BT codes are already pretty good. You can use AAC@256kbps. The only thing better is basically lossless.




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