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kinggingernator t1_isulbfp wrote

Reply to comment by RRoyale57 in Nothing hikes price of Ear 1 earbuds by 50 percent - The $99 earbuds will soon cost $149 by speckz

true if you want anc at $100 ive seen the samsung buds drop that low and they are pretty solid. Personally i would say save up for the sonys or airpod pros if you want a nice anc set though, ive tried a ton of different models and those stand out (sonys are better for both audio and anc, but airpods are more comfortable)

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chuckvsthelife t1_isuh17f wrote

Reply to comment by Buddhadevine in Nothing hikes price of Ear 1 earbuds by 50 percent - The $99 earbuds will soon cost $149 by speckz

All a matter of what you want and how much you care for sure. I mean the justification given for this increase is that its essentially R&D costs having to do with firmware and product improvements. Company went from 3 to 185 engineers supposedly.

Hardware hasn't changed but firmware with audio can be a difference. Of course.... if I'm honest most people probably don't notice the difference, or at least don't find it worth the extra.

Said as someone who will never buy both of these and admittedly is mostly bought into apple ecosystem, which is a whole other debate of worth.

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TheQuarantinian t1_istyrui wrote

Reply to comment by bitviper88 in Meta’s VR Headset Harvests Personal Data Right Off Your Face - Cameras inside the device that track eye and face movements can make an avatar’s expressions more realistic, but they raise new privacy questions. by speckz

From an IM exchange with Zuckerberg in 2004

Zuck: Yeah so if you ever need info about anyone at Harvard

Zuck: Just ask.

Zuck: I have over 4,000 emails, pictures, addresses, SNS

[Redacted Friend's Name]: What? How'd you manage that one?

Zuck: People just submitted it.

Zuck: I don't know why.

Zuck: They "trust me"

Zuck: Dumb fucks.

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TheQuarantinian t1_istxz10 wrote

Reply to comment by imforit in Meta’s VR Headset Harvests Personal Data Right Off Your Face - Cameras inside the device that track eye and face movements can make an avatar’s expressions more realistic, but they raise new privacy questions. by speckz

Impossible - absolutely literally impossible - because unless you deny people the right to agree to things they will always accept the terms that waive the law.

Plus the companies will just ignore it anyway: they ignore rules and laws regarding OSHA, anti-trust, overtime/tip laws, money laundering, environmental, corporate espionage, harassment and discrimination, taxes, inspections, kickbacks and bribes, and insider trading, but they will give up hundreds of billions of potential profits because this new law gets passed? And the government will actually enforce this one?

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zdfld t1_istxbdy wrote

Reply to comment by HedgehogInACoffin in Nothing hikes price of Ear 1 earbuds by 50 percent - The $99 earbuds will soon cost $149 by speckz

>Tbh sound wise I bet they are worse than Anker buds that are like $30 (which are better than Samsung Buds + which are one of best in the $100 category from the reviews I've seen).

I can't really comment on this from personal experience, but I'd be pretty surprised if Anker buds sound better than Samsung buds+. I've not had good experience with Anker music items in the past, and the Samsung Buds+ are universally acclaimed. (Audio preferences can be subjective though).

>but for me it's absolutely not worth the difference in price.

That seems pretty subjective. IIRC, Anker's cheapest noise cancelling buds MSRP at $100, so I still don't see the Nothing earbuds as being overpriced at $100.

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HedgehogInACoffin t1_istve0n wrote

Reply to comment by zdfld in Nothing hikes price of Ear 1 earbuds by 50 percent - The $99 earbuds will soon cost $149 by speckz

Tbh sound wise I bet they are worse than Anker buds that are like $30 (which are better than Samsung Buds + which are one of best in the $100 category from the reviews I've seen). Then there's ANC, wireless chargin and interesting-but-nothing-special design which add some subjective value, but for me it's absolutely not worth the difference in price. As long as they are not super fragile, build quality doesn't matter tbh - all of them have a 2/3 year expiration date.

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GuySlammer t1_isttof6 wrote

Reply to comment by Eshuon in Nothing hikes price of Ear 1 earbuds by 50 percent - The $99 earbuds will soon cost $149 by speckz

I have gone through three apple ones in the last year. They work great until they don’t. But they have been the best, along with the google brand one I had with my pixel 3 before that. I will admit that I have a very fast paced job and it is more wear and tear than a normal person would probably put on one. But when I had a jack on my phone I never went through earbuds as quickly as I have gone through dongles and I always bought relatively cheap earbuds.

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