Ah, you were segueing further from the 3.5mm jack than I thought. If there was a wired digital standard as ubiquitous or at least as nearly as, perhaps people

Ah, you were segueing further from the 3.5mm jack than I thought. If there was a wired digital standard as ubiquitous or at least as nearly as, perhaps people would be wanting that instead. The 3.5mm jack debate on phones is not about digital/analogue, it is about what people know, understand, _already have_ or can easily afford/access. They don't specifically want analogue, like people buying vinyl, they want the port that common head gear plugs into, for the reasons I and others have mentioned, and that port being analogue is just a coincidence of its history.