• HughJanus
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    1 year ago

    I don’t understand what any of that has to do with this conversation.

    • calcopiritus@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Well, you claim that transistors can be controlled by software, and I claim that it is no more capable to run software than a mechanical switch.

      • Buddahriffic@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        It’s about as likely that the transistor is attached to a pin that sends an interrupt to the processor and it then applies a soft mute as it is the transistor is attached to a flip flop or register that toggles the mic getting power physically.

        My guess would be it’s controlled by software rather than directly by the hardware because then they can do whatever they want with the button via firmware or software updates. This includes nefarious stuff like a fake mute mode, or more innocent stuff like special behaviour on a long press vs short press.

        • calcopiritus@lemmy.world
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          1 year ago

          You could just connect the switch to an input pin on the processor. I don’t see how a transistor makes this scenario more likely.

      • HughJanus
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        1 year ago

        I don’t know why you keep saying this so let me try for the third time:

        A transistor does not run software, software runs transistors.