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I would normally agree, but Apple has a good track record of yanking out things that were considered crucial and turned out to be relics from the past in desper

I would normally agree, but Apple has a good track record of yanking out things that were considered crucial and turned out to be relics from the past in desperate need of innovation (or replacement). My optimistic prediction: the increased demand for wireless headphones will drive manufacturers to constantly improve their products and drop prices to remain competitive - two years from now, we won't even remember the day our phones had a headphone jack.

sametmax 10y ago
Oh we will. Because the people listening the most to music are musician, and they entire stack is linked by jacks. So they will carry adapters everywhere, one for thunderbolt, one for usb-c, and hate it. I know I will, because I won't buy a new headphone in the next 2 hears, mine being very expensive. That doesn't mean I think it's a bad move. The thunderbolt migration was a good move. Removing the floppy and the DVD player is a good move. And removing the jack it probably one. I actually look forward for the day where my phone, laptop and flatscreen only have USB-C port as input and ouput. But it will be annoying for a while, and way more than 2 years. Espacially since wireless headphones are a f*ing pain to use.