When Apple ditched the headphone jack on iPhones in 2016 citing “courage”, most people other than the devoted fans reacted with dismay. Why would you do away with a widely used, simple, cheap feature with a terrific range of compatible devices that most users already owned? The answer, of course, was to sell more wireless earbuds.
Other brands like Samsung and Google immediately mocked Apple for it. But in due course, they proceeded to follow the money and do away with the jack in their flagships as well, as wireless earbuds became a more lucrative part of their portfolio.
