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Re:I still miss my headphone jack, and I want it back by yellowapple on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @03:06AM (#18540438)
"The idea that this is simply a cheap cash-grab sounds like a conspiracy theory to me."

Conspiracy theories are sometimes true.

In this case, vendor lock-in is Apple's bread and butter, and it doesn't take any mental gymnastics at all to recognize that removing a standard and universal port without any actually good reason fits that pattern remarkably well.

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Re:I still miss my headphone jack, and I want it back by jamesrcole on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @03:32AM (#18540582)
1) it still allows standard 3.5mm headphone jacks to be used.

2) Bluetooth is a standard, and Apple isn't the only company that makes Bluetooth headphones.

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Re:I still miss my headphone jack, and I want it back by Lio on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @03:55AM (#18540698)
...if you want to settle for lower quality Bluetooth audio.

Apple don’t support high quality Bluetooth audio standards except with the license of their own proprietary technology.

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Re:I still miss my headphone jack, and I want it back by jamesrcole on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @04:11AM (#18540786)
Yes. I have never said or implied that it's suitable for everyone.

This same point applies to the criticisms of a lack of a headphone jack, too: the things those people are concerned about, such as sound quality, aren't an issue for everybody, either.

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