bristow84 t1_iubhhod wrote on October 30, 2022 at 1:26 AM

Reply to comment by MC_chrome in Apple is the only leading global smartphone vendor to increase sales year-on-year driven by robust demand by preppythugg

That’s one of the main reasons that got me to switch. I know if Apple abandons something, it’s for a hell of a good reason and not just because they feel like it.

jbetances134 t1_iubxs7v wrote on October 30, 2022 at 3:50 AM

When they abandon it is usually years later. My iPhone XS had updates 5 years later

chasevalentino t1_iucfvjt wrote on October 30, 2022 at 7:29 AM

Getting rid of the headphone jack was such a brave and great reason /s

j1ggl t1_iud4dzl wrote on October 30, 2022 at 12:48 PM

Lmao @ people who still have the headphone jack living rent-free in their head, and never recognized that it has been a non-issue for five years now.

chasevalentino t1_iud6hxo wrote on October 30, 2022 at 1:08 PM

Just for context, I moved on to wireless earbuds before apple found the 'courage' to remove them so it never personally affected me. However i find it very easy to sympathize with those out there who are serious audiophiles and have very expensive headphones that obviously do not work over Bluetooth.

You may not care about them then maybe you care about the countless number of people that just needed a private sound experience instead of using their phone speaker on public transport and didn't require any $300 pair of earbuds to achieve that?

Yeh. It was a shit decision only made to sell their airpods. Which evidently they did (look at the revenue brought in by it) but some people did fall through the cracks

Edit: this is response to a comment saying whatever apple does is for a good reason. I just stated one time that it was definitely not for a good reason for the end user...