I still miss my headphone jack, and I want it back

Re:I still miss my headphone jack, and I want it back by jamesrcole on Wednesday November 28, 2018 @12:48AM (#18549554)

So what? That's how the history of technology goes. Innovations come along that people didn't want until they were there. The technology creates the demand. Henry Ford said (and I paraphrase) "if I had asked people what they wanted they would have said 'faster horses'".

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Re:I still miss my headphone jack, and I want it back by Mankrik on Wednesday November 28, 2018 @05:42AM (#18550560)

But people could still ride horses when cars came about and they still can, the transition happened over decades. But this change is happening over a matter of years, the reasons for which are not utilitarian.

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Re:I still miss my headphone jack, and I want it back by jamesrcole on Wednesday November 28, 2018 @06:53AM (#18550825)

And people can still use phones with headphone jacks.

Did the existence of cars destroy the existence of horses? Is Apple stopping all companies from using headphone jacks?

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