You'd think that after 30 years of being consistently right, people would take a moment and think about why Apple does stuff, rather than just spouting off on the internet.

Fucking morons.

Apple has always pushed the boundary by eliminating "required" features, in the effort to move technology forward.

ALL headphones absolutely suck. Period. The technology is stuck in the past, and manufacturers are happy to paint their shitty device a different color and call it "New!"

Bullshit.

And Apple is calling those manufacturers on their shit.

Bluetooth is an utter failure.

Wired headphones are great if you are in the recording studio, but suck in every single other use case ever.

So Apple pulls the 1/8" jack, and forces the manufacturers to pull their heads outta their asses and innovate and come up with something better than a goddamn wire.

And ya know what? It'll work. Because Apple is demanding it, and - say whatever you want about Apple - they have the market share to dictate exactly what the 3rd party market MUST make.

So, Boom. Apple does it again, and in 18 months every single other device on the fucking planet will have effective, quality wireless headphone capability.

Thank you Apple. From those of us who give a shit about user experience.