> Removing headphone jack speeds up uptake of wireless headphones
1) And by doing this we create even more e-waste!
2) I do _not_ want wireless headphones! I almost exclusively use headphones when I am traveling by bus and train. This happens every 2-4 weeks. At the moment I have a cheap pair of wired headphones in my backpack. They need 0 maintenance. if I need them I just use them. They never needs charging and they never will break. If I have to switch to wireless headphones a) I have to start to take care about charging them and b) they will break after 3 years because the battery dies and can not be replaced.
> 1) And by doing this we create even more e-waste!
You could say that about anything new.
> 2) I do _not_ want wireless headphones!
Good for you, no-one is forcing you to use them.
All I have ever done in this comment thread is argue against the idea that removing the headphone jack has zero benefits for anyone. And yet I'm getting piled on by people basically accusing me of trying to force everyone to go wireless.
As if pointing out that some people have different wants from theirs is somehow denying their wants. It's an amazing lack of perspective.
Is it that hard to accept that someone else has a different view from your own, and that them expressing it is not the same as trying to force it upon you?
But no-one was forcing you to use wired headsets before either. There were options for wireless available.
I think the question remains whether making wired headphones harder to use had zero benefits. That's a different question than whether making wireless headphones easier to use had.
You made an economic argument for the former question - but you can't make that argument and say "no one is forcing you" at the same time.
I made an argument about removing the headphone jack, not about making one thing easier or another thing harder. My argument was about a consequence of removing the jack.
I know no one was being forced to use wired headphones before. That has nothing at all to do with an argument about the consequences of removing the jack.
1) And by doing this we create even more e-waste!
2) I do _not_ want wireless headphones! I almost exclusively use headphones when I am traveling by bus and train. This happens every 2-4 weeks. At the moment I have a cheap pair of wired headphones in my backpack. They need 0 maintenance. if I need them I just use them. They never needs charging and they never will break. If I have to switch to wireless headphones a) I have to start to take care about charging them and b) they will break after 3 years because the battery dies and can not be replaced.