Ugh, this is not at all a valid comparison. It's extremely tired, too. The phone MUST create analog audio signals, to drive its own speaker. Denying customers

Ugh, this is not at all a valid comparison. It's extremely tired, too. The phone MUST create analog audio signals, to drive its own speaker. Denying customers a connector to access it is petty and offensive. Compounding that offense is requiring every listening device to now incorporate redundant D/A converters. Contrary to apologists saying that this enables better quality, it in fact results in wholly unpredictable quality. Not to mention that your ears will ALWAYS require analog audio. So do billions of amplification devices around the world. There's no excuse.