I use my EarPods with headphone plug on a number of devices. The one with the Lightning connector is only useable with Apple devices, so this is again a vendor lockin. This has to stop.

I just bought a few lighting-to-3.5mm adapters and leave them permanently affixed to my various headphones. Seems like a simple fix, versus perpetually being upset that I can't use my headphones on my iPhone.

Yes because people are locked into a complete ecosystem even though there is a $10 adapter...

Feels a step too far to assume for most people. I agree with other commenters that the new phone is too big and left wanting due to no headphone jack