“Destroying the mild nuisance of headphone jacks comes at two costs: One, it locks people into a system of limited, compatible, proprietary products that are inevitably going to die in a few years. And two, it creates a dilemma at the product’s end of life.” This is pecisely why I stopped buying new iPhones when they announced the removal of the headphone jack. I once owned a pair of wired earbuds for nearly 10 years. Apple would never.