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isoprophlex ◴[16 Nov 25 06:17 UTC] No.45943174[source]▶

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> Bluetooth DID (Device Identification) Hook > Turns out, if you change the manufacturerid to that of Apple, you get access to several special features!

I hope Apple gets slammed hard by some regulatory body. Apparently there's absolutely zero magic reasons why their airpods are unable to connect to non-Apple devices; pretend you're an iPhone and you're in.

EDIT: read "unable to connect" => "unable to expose advanced functionality", ofc they connect just fine

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1. tripzilch ◴[16 Nov 25 10:22 UTC] No.45944000[source]▶

>>45943174 #

Especially blocking hearing aids features for people who need those should be criminal

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2. Zetaphor ◴[16 Nov 25 17:07 UTC] No.45946584[source]▶

>>45944000 (TP) #

Financially gatekeeping access to vital medical resources is par for the course here in the US

3. happyopossum ◴[16 Nov 25 17:26 UTC] No.45946762[source]▶

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Hearing aids are highly regulated in many markets, as they are medical devices. Not building and getting certification / approval doe software to support every operating system is far from ”criminal”

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4. gumby271 ◴[16 Nov 25 19:55 UTC] No.45947898[source]▶

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I think the point is that selling a medical device that also requires you to use that vendors mobile device or lose access to them is just a little scummy. My motivation to keep using an iPhone shouldn't be that I'd need to buy new hearing aids if I left. Apple knows how this works, they don't deserve the benefit of the doubt.

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5. Vegemeister ◴[17 Nov 25 15:46 UTC] No.45954607{3}[source]▶

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A set of airpods + the Minimum Viable iPhone to configure the them to work as hearing aids is way cheaper than standalone hearing aids. Regulatory fetishism around "medical devices" is exactly what enabled hearing aids to become a racket and to remain one long after the relevant electronics became a mass-produced consumer product.

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6. jjkaczor ◴[18 Nov 25 14:06 UTC] No.45966174[source]▶

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Having recently purchased "medical hearing aids" - as a tech user, they are complete garbage and if I did not get a "friends & family" discount, they would have been returned months ago...

7. jjkaczor ◴[18 Nov 25 14:07 UTC] No.45966193{4}[source]▶

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Plus - the medical ones are horrible to use with an iPhone - barely enough volume for watching media - and music has absolutely no bass... (plus, they regularly "forget" their bluetooth sync connections...)

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