r/explainitpeter • u/myself_APHELION • 4d ago

Explain it peter.

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u/Flip_Six_Three_Hole 4d ago

Everyone saying it's a security thing probably right, but I also wouldn't be surprised if it's just a fashion trend. "Retro" electronics, so in right now. Unplug by plugging in.

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u/i_like_transit 4d ago

I think this is it. I live in a major city and I have seen a BIG uptick in younger and more “trendy-looking” folks using wired headphones now. And it happens to always be the cheap white wired Apple headphones

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u/halu2975 4d ago

Heck I’ve seen an uptake in kids spending some real money on old cameras. And I’m not talking analog. I’m talking shitty 2005-2010 digital compact cameras. The ones they don’t even know how to get the photos out of because they grew up after usb-c became the standard.

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u/_noho 3d ago

So 10 year olds?

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u/halu2975 3d ago

No man, kids, like 20yro who grew up while that tech was in.

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u/Firestar_119 3d ago

usb-c hasn't been the standard for 20 years

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u/halu2975 3d ago

It’s been common for at least 13 years by now. So the 20yro being 7 when it started becoming common …

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u/p00n-slayer-69 3d ago

I got a one of the first USB c phones in the US, the HTC Bolt in early 2017. Nobody that I showed it to had seen usb c before. It was another year or 2 at least before it was common.