Why is Bluetooth so Bad?

88keys

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It's been around for nearly 20 years and I think they should have figured this crap out by now. I feel like it is slowly but surely getting there but it's still taking way too long. Shit still comes randomly unpaired for no reason and it's always a pain in the ass getting shit to work again. I have a 10 year old wireless Logitech mouse that gives me no grief yet I have fairly recent bluetooth mouse that likes to come unpaired once a week and all I can do is fuck around with on/off and connect switches like a jackass to get it to work again.
It really is fucking stupid. I see your bluetooth mouse just quit working, and guess what you need to use to get into your bluetooth settings trolololol? And then there's my fucking car's bluetooth audio. You know when I was running the stock firmware it ran without issue 99% of the time until I decided to update. Now my phone randomly comes unpaired and I have to restart either my phone or my system to get it to pair again. And like any good shitty programmer they won't let you roll back if their code is shit.
Bottom line is we deserve better. I feel like were regressing in technology. Whatever happened to just making shit that works? Why the fuck does Windows 10 always want to switch you default apps back to Groove and their shitty photo viewer program? Even Windows 98 would let you set an app as default for a certain file and that would be it and it would never bother you again about switching back. Yeah they brought back the start menu, but I don't see why it should take up half the damn screen. Or better yet, why did they take it away in the first place? B Because it worked so well that they had to give us the stupid Metro apps just so we'd learn to appreciate the simplicity and functionality that the Start Menu provided.
And I still don't see the point of having these metro apps vs the classic apps. Unless metro is just code for 'worthless' because that's exactly what they are. Instead of going to such and such website, just download an app to access it and we'll make you type in a password every-time and you'll never have the same level of functionality from our program as you do the website it's replacing hahaha. At one point in time an app or an program application was software that performed task that provide value to the end user. Now it's just a web link wrapped up in a stripped down web browser.
I feel like software developers today have a real problem with letting people do what the fuck they want to do. If Microsoft ran a restaurant, you'd sit down and order a steak, the waiter would constantly try to fuck up your order no matter how much you correct them and 30 minutes later they serve you a pork chop but you're cool with it because the meal is on the house.

The future fucking sucks.
 
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Newbian

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I have no problem keeping my default programs with win 10 and use classic shell for the love of god.

Also I only have bluetooth for a pair of headphones for my ipad as the earbuds hurt and don't stay in very well and never have issues but then again I only use them maybe 2-3 times a month.
 

Kaido

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BT should have been like WPS: pushbutton sync on each device, then auto-connects when in range. The pairing process is what kills it (and the code is almost always just 0000), along with the random issues. My brother's Fusion got a radio update & killed his phone pairing. Most Bluetooth stuff works most of the time, but when you get something that is buggy, it will drive you NUTS.
 

postmortemIA

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BT is like sleep on Windows, it works right usually, but then when it doesn't you have to reboot.
I wonder how less tech savvy people deal with it, it usually is a PITA.
 

Kaido

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Dumbest thing I ever saw...I was waiting in line at Dunkin Donuts one time & a business dude in a suit walks in yammering on his cell phone...using not one but TWO Bluetooth headsets. One on each ear. I kid you not. Literally everyone in line just stared at him & he didn't take the hint :p
 

TheVrolok

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I have had absolutely no significant bluetooth problems while I've been using it over the past, I don't know, 10-15 years? Only time I've encountered any issues is when I bought some super cheap imported Chinese device and I was expecting reliability to be 50/50. Owned probably 4 different bluetooth headsets, a few portable speakers, 3 BT enabled cars, a home theater universal remote, etc.
 

eplebnista

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I had a pair of motorola s305 bluetooth stereo headphones that worked great on my old hp laptop with bluetooth 3.0, yet continually cuts in and out so badly on my newer hp laptop with intel bluetooth 4.0 that I gave up and went with regular wired headphones.
 

Raduque

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Aug 22, 2004
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I feel like we've had this thread before.

Bluetooth has gotten a lot better. If my truck's stereo were more reliable (when Sync works, it works FANTASTIC, when it doesn't....), it would be just about perfect. I think I've had one random disconnect and refusal to re-pair with my 360v2 (three maybe with my 360v1) and no disconnects with my Bose Soundlink speaker.
 

John Connor

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I don't have any problem with a Logitech wireless keyboard that doesn't use Bluetooth.

I love the Bluetooth with my computer and smartphone. I can use my Bluetooth ear earpiece all the way in the back yard with my phone in the house. So I can listen to Pandora, iHeartRRadio or the Scanner App. I can also pipe the smartphone audio to my computer. Have had no issues.
 

guachi

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I finally got to use Bluetooth for the first time a a few months ago.

My car I got last year has Bluetooth and i finely for around to pairing it with my car. Got a phone call from my father while driving. Freaked me out, but I finally figured out how to answer it.

My dad said the connection was the clearest Bluetooth he'd heard so I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
 

foghorn67

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Bluetooth with cars is sketchy because most manufacturers have their own baked interface and OS (loosely applied here.)
I'm actually thankful Android Auto and Apple Car Play are trying to penetrate the market.
I was hoping QNX would have success in the auto industry as well, but it's been months of silence since BB mentioned that.

Sent from my SM-G930T using Tapatalk
 

blankslate

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Dumbest thing I ever saw...I was waiting in line at Dunkin Donuts one time & a business dude in a suit walks in yammering on his cell phone...using not one but TWO Bluetooth headsets. One on each ear. I kid you not. Literally everyone in line just stared at him & he didn't take the hint :p

You're just jealous that you didn't think of it first. No one's gonna stop me from listening to my phone calls in stereo. I'm a businessman on a CELL PHONE!!!!


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