Opinion: Why removing the headphone jack from phones was a bad idea

When Apple announced it was getting rid of the 3.5mm jack from phones, audiophiles didn’t take it very well. The removal of this essential port makes it, so you either have to use a dongle from 3.5mm to Lightning for iPhones or USB-C for Android phones, or you have to switch to Bluetooth entirely. Dongles are a pain, cost extra money, and get lost easily, and switching to Bluetooth means lower music quality, more latency, and a shorter life span of your headphones. The move from 3.5mm to forcing us toward dongles and wireless felt like a death knell for wired headphones, at least for a while.