Why United Does Not Allow You To Use In-Flight Screen As Extended Display

[reddig33@lemmy.world]

People can’t behave themselves in public. Even more so on airplanes.

[nindelofocho@lemmy.world]

Id fucking love this

[nindelofocho@lemmy.world]

To be fair, that IS the consequences of their own actions kinda

[shaggy1050@lemmy.world]

How?! How can they stand it themselves and not feel like they're being blinded?

[hootinnhollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

I don’t like how we have to limit everything to the lowest denominator at the punishment of everyone

[ramjambamalam@lemmy.ca]

I just want to know when I can connect my noise-cancelling Bluetooth headphones to the display instead of the tinny pair of wired "maraccas" that I keep in my travel bag.

[deegeese@sopuli.xyz]

This is why we can’t have nice things.

[corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca]

Number of stews who have the time to help you figure out the pairing rigamarole or why the radio on this unit is fucked: ZERO.

Number of issues with regular fucking headphones: zero.

Cases where the tinniness will impact your enjoyment of visual spooge: zero

People stopping you from buying some $15 apple 3.5mm pods for your earballs: zero

I'm thinking you'll be fine. Leave the air safety officers alone so they can do their job.

[tanoh@lemmy.world]

I never recline my seat, but if I was sitting infront of that guy I would move it down for a bit. Then up again. Then down again. Etc for however long the flight is

[gissamittjobb@lemmy.ml]

Reason is a shit rag, and I don't think their slop should be posted.

[iopq@lemmy.world]

3.5mm earphones don't block 85db of plane noise

[0x0@programming.dev]

Rule 34.

[kbobabob@lemmy.world]

The ones that seal do provide sound isolation

[nyan@lemmy.cafe]

They're just not letting their eyes get dark-adapted in the first place. They can't see anything but the phone screen, but they also don't care.

[superkret@feddit.org]

Then you'll still have people screencast porn to their own screen, photograph it and post it on social media with a title like "United's in-flight entertainment".

[anunusualrelic@lemmy.world]

And they're lots of fun when there's a cabin announcement.

[ramjambamalam@lemmy.ca]

Number of stews who have the time to help you figure out the pairing rigamarole or why the radio on this unit is fucked: ZERO.

No help necessary. Leave it as an advanced option and provide those who request assistance a cheap pair of 3.5 mm headphones. SOLVED.

Number of issues with regular fucking headphones: zero.

1. Wire gets caught in my limbs because the seating area is so tight.

2. Wire jack is tucked up from people pulling headphones at odd angles. Wortsst case scenario (has happened to me): the jack is inoperable, incapable of holding headphones without continuous, upwards pressure.

3. No active noise canceling (you might still be able to find ANC wired headphones but they are a niche product if they still exist).

4. An extra item to pack, since my phone requires a dangle to use 3.5 mm headphones, so I either pack a dangle, or another pair of headphones for using with my phone.

Cases where the tinniness will impact your enjoyment of visual spooge: zero

I'm sorry you're not able to appreciate hifi sound but that's a a you problem.

People stopping you from buying some $15 apple 3.5mm pods for your earballs: zero

Those sound like shit compared to the expensive pair of wireless ear buds that I already own.

I’m thinking you’ll be fine. Leave the air safety officers alone so they can do their job.

Of course I'm fine. But what's this nonsense about bothering air safety officers? Nobody is berating airline employees about bluetooth headphones lol.

[sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works]

I think they're one of the better ones since they tend to cite their sources clearly. Media bias fact check agrees with me as well.

They are super biased though, and you'll get something between a libertarian and Republican lite perspective (think socially liberal Republicans). They absolutely shouldn't be your only source of news and they're very selective about what they cover, but when it comes to factual accuracy, they're pretty good.

Perhaps you disagree with their political bias, but that doesn't make them inaccurate. I highly recommend reading some high quality news source with a different political bias than your own to get a broader perspective.

[sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works]

Idk, 150 people in a tin can all using Bluetooth could cause issues.

It would be better to get noise cancelling headphones with a 3.5mm headphone jack. I had some until my daughter broke them, and I loved them.

[mothmandelorian@lemmy.world]

I worked in a wine shop that had banks of conputers that people could ise to look up reviewer’s rating on wines or place orders on our website. I ended up having to get IT to lock them down to only 6-7 websites because people would use them to try to access their banking. I had to explain to way too many people with jobs in high finance the risks of them doing this on a public computer. Too many idiots would do banking on a flight only to get robbed.