Is there a good reason why users can’t turn Bluetooth off entirely and prevent the system or apps for turning it back on?
Is there a good reason why there isn’t an option to never connect to a certain Bluetooth device automatically, without unpairing it?
Is there a good reason why some phones and devices just won’t pair, despite them being compatible looking spec-wise?
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Bluetooth is a pretty old protocol going back to the mid 90s and wasn’t really imagined for the extensive use it sees now in smart phones. It’s a case of ‘we use it well beyond what it was designed for because it’s the best we got, because we haven’t come up with something better’
It’s still popular because it’s a common standard, it’s cheap, and requires little power which is important for phones.
Bluetooth uses the 2.4ghz band like a lot of other devices and faces a lot of congestion. Working outside this and 5ghz would require a special license by the FCC making it impractical to make devices that operate outside these common frequencies.
Bluetooth also transfers data much slower than WiFi does, in part because of it’s low power consumption.
The solution to Bluetooth is to either develop a newer and better wifi standard based on newer technology or…
Get Smartphone makers to put headphone jacks back into their phones… duh
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