But this is a first, someone complaining that Apple used an industry standard too early.
Same as with the 3.5mm jack on the iPhone.
They, of course, would then sell adapters at a premium because why not.
But of course, it's all about the few bucks Apple earns on a sub $10 adapter.
Just like Apple removed HDD support and that's why we all use SSDs now. Or how they removed DVD-ROM and that's why we use portable flash memory. And PS/2 peripherals in favor of USB ones.
Oh wait... Seems like I'm wrong, all of those happened organically! Huh...
Apple created the problems (USB-A and 3.5mm removals) and sold the solutions (dongles and adapters at a huge premium, and of course their Bluetooth earbuds).
Just look at adapter/airpods sales figures and the money Apple made post removal of those. I suppose you think Apple is above such business practices because they're some elegant, high brow company. But they're not, they're just a company.
In fact, that slimming of the macbook came back to bite them in the ass due to inappropriate heating for the Intel cpus at the time. All the macbooks between 2018 and the first M1 were just expensive, overheating garbage.
You had to put the 2019 macbook pros in the freezer so that they reached their advertised performance.
As far as phones, now most premium phones come without a headphone jack. But most people aren’t walking around with cords hanging from their phones anyway - they use Bluetooth headsets
