Not sure I understand? Sounds like a temper tantrum to me.

kenferry · 2026-06-17T19:52:27 1781725947

Inside joke. Apple's marketing guy used the word "courage" as an explanation when removing the headphone jack.

RajX-dev · 2026-06-18T01:52:10 1781747530

LPisGood · 2026-06-17T23:06:40 1781737600

That decision had a lot of detractors at the time, but it ultimately seems to have been correct.

m463 · 2026-06-18T00:59:45 1781744385

I don't know if I agree.

People who moved to bluetooth got arguably worse sound quality.

For wired headphones, there were very few lightning headphones and they mostly sucked.

Now with usb-c you can get a broader range of headphones (because other phones have gone with usb-c).

either kind needs a dac inside the dongle, or the shell of the headphone, or have a bulky external dac.

3.5mm is still king for decent wired headphones/earbuds.

jianfenglin · 2026-06-18T02:34:57 1781750097

Most people don't like wire and don't care about genuinely good sound through wire vs. artificially sweetened (DSP-ed) sound through Bluetooth. That's what Apple is targeting at, the mass consumer.

_carbyau_ · 2026-06-18T00:18:01 1781741881

It still has a lot of detractors but it is hard to beat such a sheer market flex.